Anahim Peak

Infobox Mountain
Name=Anahim Peak
Photo=Anahim Peak, British Columbia.jpg
Caption= Anahim Peak in the Rainbow Range
Elevation=1,897 metres (6,224 feet)
Location=British Columbia, Canada
Range=Rainbow Range, Chilcotin
Prominence =542 m
Coordinates = coord|52|45|29.9|N|125|37|30.0|W|type:mountain_region:CA|display=inline,title
Topographic
NTS 93C/13
Type=Volcanic cone
Volcanic_Arc/Belt=Anahim Volcanic Belt
Age= Tertiary
Last eruption=
First ascent=
Easiest route=

Anahim Peak, sometimes mistakenly called Anaheim, is a volcanic cone in the Anahim Volcanic Belt in British Columbia, Canada, located 39 km northwest of Anahim Lake and 11 km east of Tsitsutl Peak. It was formed when the North American Plate moved over a hotspot, similar to the one feeding the Hawaiian Islands, called the Anahim hotspot. It is one of the several volcanoes in the Anahim Volcanic Belt that stands out all by itself, rising from the Dean River Plateau, between the Rainbow Range and the Ilgachuz Range.

Area and history

Anahim Peak was a significant find of obsidian for the Nuxalk and Tsilhqot'in tribes. Obsidian was seriously needed, because extremely sharp arrowheads and cutting knives could be made from it. It was also used for jewellery. Anahim obsidian was traded widely all over the BC Interior and up and down the Coast from Bella Coola. Red ochre was used in paint and decoration was also taken from this area. Anahim Peak is not far from the small community which is called Anahim Lake which is most known for its famous resident Carey Price.

ee also

*List of volcanoes in Canada
*Anahim hotspot
*Anahim Volcanic Belt
*Volcanoes of Canada

References

* [http://www.bivouac.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=4989 Anahim Peak] in the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia