Kitsu Peak
| Language of origin | Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit, Na-Dene language family Tāłtān language |
| 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: | SE of Mess Lake at S end of Mount Edziza Provincial Park, SE Telegraph Creek (community), Cassiar Land District |
| Tags: | Indigenous |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 57°25'25"N, 130°41'24"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 104G/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 2 January 1980 on 104G/7, as submitted by Geological Survey of Canada (file T.2.54). Likely named in association with Kitsu Creek and Plateau. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Kitsu" recorded as being the Tahltan word for "Northern Lights" (Charles Francis Palgrave, "A Grammar and Dictionary of the Language Spoken by te Tahltans on the Stikine River, B.C., A Tribe belonging to the Tinne Branch of North American Indians," p. 114). (L.I. 15.11.79; T.2.54) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |