| Language of origin | Not defined: Indigenous origin |
| 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: | NW side of Kakwa Provincial Park, E of Prince George, Peace River Land District |
| Tags: | Indigenous |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°14'11"N, 120°23'12"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93I/1 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 17 August 1965 on 93I/1, as labelled on 1928 map produced by Prentiss Gray and H.Dimsdale, CE, and as identified in "A New Low Pass of the Rockies" a paper presented to the Royal Geographical Society by Prentiss Gray, and published in Geographical Journal, vol LXXX no.2, August 1932. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"The Indian names [on our map] were selected for their descriptive significance and beauty, or the names of animals which are plentiful in the vicinity." (May 1929 letter from H.G. Dimsdale, file P.1.47). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Manito: the mysterious and unknown potencies and powers of life and of the universe. As taken over from the Algonquian into the vocabulary of the white name, it has signified spirit - good, bad or indifferent... the spelling manitou indicated French influence, the earlier writers in English using manitto, manetto, manitoa, etc.... The form manitou comes with French intermediation from the central dialects, the Chippewa, and Nipissing, or Cree... " (Handbook of Indians of Canada, Geographic Board of Canada, 1913, p.273). Source: included with note |