Slatechuck Mountain

Slatechuck Mountain

Slatechuck Mountain, known as Kaagan in the Haida language, is a summit on south-central Graham Island in the Queen Charlotte Islands of the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada. It is located about 9km west of Queen Charlotte City, on Skidegate Inlet, and just south of Yakoun Lake, the island's largest lake, which is the source of the northward-flowing Yakoun River.

Slatechuck Mountain is highly important in the culture of the Haida people as the source of a rare black form of argillite used in Haida art. Known also as "black slate", this form of argillite occurs nowhere else in the world and only Haida have the right to quarry it. The black argillite occurs only at certain locations on the mountain's slope, above the basin of Slatechuck Creek. The name "Slatechuck" is a local Chinook Jargon usage, combining "slate" with the word for water, river or lake, and is a reference to the creek being where the slate is found.

References

* [http://bivouac.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=5241 "Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia entry "Slatechuck Mountain"]
*http://minfile.gov.bc.ca/Summary.aspx?minfilno=103F%20%20018 BC Govt MINFILE Record Summary "Slatechuck Creek]
*BCGNIS|31157|Slatechuck Mountain


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Slatechuck Creek — is a short but culturally important stream on Graham Island in the Queen Charlotte Islands of the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada. Only 6.7 km in length , it is located on the south flank of the small range including Slatechuck Mountain,… …   Wikipedia

  • Haida Argillite Carvings — came into existence during the 1800s. These carvings were mostly born out of the Haida desire to trade with the European explorers who came to their shores. Argillite carvings, therefore, are commonly seen as a tourist art because they were… …   Wikipedia

  • Argillite — may also refer to Argillite, Kentucky. An argillite (pronEng|ˈɑrdʒɨlaɪt) is a fine grained sedimentary rock composed predominantly of indurated clay particles. Argillites are basically lithified muds and oozes. They contain variable amounts of… …   Wikipedia

  • Yakoun River — The Yakoun River is the largest river in the Queen Charlotte Islands of the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada. Approximately 55 60 km in length , it is located on Graham Island, the northernmost and largest of the archipelago, and runs in a …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”