Tlakwa Mountain
| 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: | SE side of Tahsish Lake, S of Port McNeill (municipality), Rupert Land District |
| Tags: | Indigenous |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°18'41"N, 127°03'05"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92L/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 3 June 1947 on 92L/6, as labelled on 1934 survey. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1931 by A.J. Campbell, BC Topographic Survey: "So-named on account of a red patch on the side of the mountain, Tlakwa being a Kwakiool word meaning "red" according to Comparative Vocabularies of the Indian Tribes of British Columbia, by Tolmie, W.F. & Dawson, G.M; Geological & Natural History Survey of Canada, 1884. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |