Kumkan Peak
| 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: | Head of Kwoiek Glacier, SW of Lytton, Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°04'28"N, 121°56'13"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92I/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 3 April 1950 on 92I/SW. Mr. R.J. Meek Indian agent at Lytton questioned Kanaka Bar band members who reside on Kwoiek Creek. Name means "head". (Letter from W.R. Young, January,8, 1960, Victoria B.C.). File 92I/SW. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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The traditional name for "head" - presumably referring to its location at the head of the Kwoiek Creek watershed. (translation advice from Mr. R.J. Meek, Indian agent at Lytton, in turn as provided by members of the Kanaka Bar Band.) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |