| 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: | N of Mount Sir Alexander in Kakwa Provincial Park, E of Prince George, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°58'15"N, 120°23'55"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93H/16 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 24 February 1965 on 93H/16, as labelled on 1929 map of McGregor River Area, drawn by A.J. Campbell, BCLS. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Mary L. Jobe submitted the name "Kitchi" to the Geographic Board of Canada in April 1915, to apply to the very high mountain just south of this location. The Geographic Board adopted the name Kitchi Mountain for that feature in September 1915, and Mary Jobe's article: "Mt. Kitchi, A New Peak in the Canadian Rockies" was published in the Bulletin of the American Geographical Society, Vol XLVII, No. 7, 1915, pp 481-497. The following September, the Board was persuaded by climber S. Prescott Fay, associated with New York's Museum of Natural History, to reverse their decision and adopt his recommendation - Mount Sir Mackenzie. To perpetuate the name Kitchi, Mr. A.J. Campbell, BCLS, has placed it on this mountain to the north, as shown on his 1929 survey plan 10T264, McGregor River area. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Kitchi" is a Cree word meaning "great" or "mighty". (Ottawa file 0216) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |