Adopted 3 July 1952 on Chart #3565.

Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff, fiels D.2.44 & S.3.44.

Tyee was the word for "chief" in Chinook Jargon used on the West Coast by First Nation groups and early traders and settlers. In the 1920s the word was adopted as a name for a spring or chinook salmon weighing more than 13.5kg (30lbs). To join the Tyee Club of BC, formed by a group of Campbell River sport fishers, one had to catch a salmon of this size while using light tackle and fishing from a non-motorized boat. Many features in the BC Interior also sport this name: Tyee Butte, two Tyee Creeks, Tyee Glacier, two Tyee Lakes, and Tyee Mountain. There's also a Tyhee Creek and a Tyhee Lake. Tyee Point on Howe Sound was changed in 1929 to Robertson Point, after 19th century Vancouver pilot Captain George Robertson, but was changed back again in 1949.

Source: Scott, Andrew; "The Encyclopedia of Raincoast Place Names"; Harbour Publishing, Madeira Park, 2009, pp. 611.