Chisholm 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: | N of junction of Fox River and Carcajou Creek, N of Fort Ware (community), Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 57°39'08"N, 125°44'47"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 94F/12 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Chisholm Peak adopted 25 November 1944 on 94/SW, as labelled on plan 5T324, "Route Traversed by Bedaux Sub-Arctic Expedition" by Frank Swannell, BCLS, 1935; not "Jachisholm" as originally suggested by Swannell. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"...an isolated mountain bounded on the south by a deep valley occupied by a large creek and on the north by a wide trough valley in which lies a large lake. Named after John A. Chisholm, of Inverness, personal attendant to Mr. Bedaux." (Swannell's 27 May 1935 notation on BC name card) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |