Vetter Peak
| 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: | Not official |
| Other Names: | XhlawitOfficial |
| Relative Location: | SW of junction of Nass and Ksi Sii Aks (Tseax River) at head of Vetter Creek, Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 55°06'03"N, 129°12'08"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103P/3 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Vetter Peak adopted in the 1930 BC Gazetteer, as labelled on BC map 1L, 1929; confirmed 4 November 1948 on 103 NE. Name changed to Xhlawit per Nisga'a Treaty, Appendix F-3, effective 11 May 2000. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named after Charles Vetter, subsistence farmer near here in the 1920's. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |