Karmutzen Mountain

Karmutzen Mountain

Infobox Mountain
Name = Karmutzen Mountain
Elevation = 1433 m
Location = Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Range = Karmutzen Range
Prominence = 728 m
Coordinates = coord|50|21.36666|N|127|0.714|W|type:mountain_region:CA
Topographic
NTS 92L/06
First ascent =

Karmutzen Mountain is located in the Karmutzen Range on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. It is to the west of Nimpkish Lake which was formally known as Karmutzen Lake.

History

The mountain name was adapted from the Kwakwaka'wakw word for "waterfall." [Citation | last =Walbran | first = Captain John T. | title =British Columbia Place Names, Their Origin and History |url= http://www.nosracines.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=3545 | place=Vancouver/Toronto | publisher =Douglas & McIntyre | year =1971 | edition =Facsimile reprint of 1909 edition | isbn = 0-88894-143-9] rp|276

External links

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* [http://www.canadianmountainencyclopedia.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=9709 Karmutzen Mountain] in the "Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia". Retrieved June 29, 2008

ources

*cite book
author = Philip Stone
title = Island Alpine, A Guide to the Mountains of Strathcona Park and Vancouver Island
publisher = Wild Isle Publications: Heriot Bay, BC
year = 2003
id = ISBN 0-9680766-5-3

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