| Feature Type: | Peak (2) - Summit of a mountain or hill, or the mountain or hill itself. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | SW of junction of Skeena and Ecstall Rivers, just SW Port Essington, Range 5 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°07'34"N, 130°00'57"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103J/1 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 5 April 1927 on C.313. Confirmed 8 July 1954 on 103I-J. Location re-confirmed 7 June 1995 at location & elevation (3020' asl) as originally intended in 1927. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Labelled in wrong location on federal 1:50,000 map 103 J/1, ed.3. The peak is about 1/2 mile southeast of the position shown. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1914 by Captain P.C.Musgrave, after Robert Cunningham. In 1871 Cunningham had pre-empted Lots 45 & 46, which were crown granted to him 13 April 1891. On these lots he founded Essington [sic], eventually building a salmon cannery and sawmill there. See also Cunningham Passage. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |