| Feature Type: | Mountain - Mass of land prominently elevated above the surrounding terrain, bounded by steep slopes and rising to a summit and/or peaks. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | SW of junction of Birkenhead River and Tenquille Creek, N of Pemberton, Lillooet Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°30'18"N, 122°48'07"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92J/10 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted June 22, 1967 on 92J at 50 35 - 122 57. Altered application 31 December 1970 on 92J/NE, to the location identified in Culbert's "Climbers Guide to the Coastal Ranges of British Columbia", p 106. (file P.1.S1);. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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First ascent credited to Preston L. Tait and John Ronayne, 1931 (Canadian Alpine Journal, Vol XXIV, 1936, p 64-67), members of that year's Vancouver Natural History Society summer camp. Named by Mrs. Walter C. Green of Pemberton Meadows, because of the golden radiance of the sun reflected off the reddish slopes and the glacier (information supplied by John Ronayne to Provincial Archives). Elevation of 7800 feet. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"This peak (unlike the others around it) catches the sunlight from early morning until sunset; Sun God might be the anglicized version of the traditional name...." (Canadian Geographical Journal, Vol 17 No 5, November 1938.) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |