Giants Head
| Feature Type: | Hill - Elevation of terrain rising prominently above the surrounding land. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | In Summerland District Municipality, W. of Okanagan Lake, Osoyoos Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°35'08"N, 119°40'07"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82E/12 |
| Related Maps: |
82E 82E/12 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Decision on 82E. BC Gazetteer 1953. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |
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First official record of the name is in field notes of survey of lot 2561, pre-empted in 1905 by the late James Ritchie, prominent Summerland business man. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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William C. W. Fosbery, Summerland pioneer of the 1890s says oldtimers did not use this name, and that before the "beard" eroded the mountain resembled Lord Shaftsbury. (12th Report of the Okanagan Historical Society, 1948, citing Frank Haskins). Source: included with note |