| 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: | E of junction of Buck Creek and Bulkley River, E of Houston, Range 5 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°22'54"N, 126°22'36"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93L/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 29 April 1941 on Geological Survey sheet, Houston, as submitted November 1940 by A.H. Lang, geologist (file S.3.36); a well-established local name for this prominent feature. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Sometimes also spelled China Knows Mountain. The name refers to early Chinese migrants who worked on the railroad, who apparently found gold on the mountain. The story tells of how [they] passed-on and nobody knew where the gold was and so people would say 'only the Chinaman knows...'. Over time it evolved into China Knows. The Wet'suwet'en name is Tse Zuhl (pronounced Tsaahh Zuhle), meaning Rock Neck." (information shared February 2005 by Gary R. George, as told by Rita A. George and the late Andrew George Sr., all Bulkley Valley residents of Wet'suwet'en ancestry.) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |