Elevation 2,155 m Province British Columbia Parent range Columbia Mountains | Prominence 1,523 m Mountain range Columbia Mountains | |
Listing Canada prominent peaks 133rd Similar Mount Sir Sandford, Dunn Peak, Trophy Mountain, Mt Norquay, Mount Seymour | ||
Mount tod gills at sun peaks summit
Mount Tod 2155 m (7070 ft), prominence: 1523 m, (Secwemptsin: Skwelkwekwelt ) commonly known as Tod Mountain, is a summit 50km northeast of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. Located northeast of the junction of Louis and McGillivray Creeks, it is part of the upland area between the Interior Plateau (W) and the Monashee Mountains (E) known as the Shuswap Highland, the mountain is the highest of three summits comprising the Sun Peaks alpine ski resort.
Contents
- Mount tod gills at sun peaks summit
- Map of Mount Tod Thompson Nicola P BC Canada
- Name origin
- Traditional land use
- References
Map of Mount Tod, Thompson-Nicola P, BC, Canada
Name origin
The mountain is named for John Tod, one of the most prominent of the fur traders assigned to the New Caledonia fur district. He first joined the Hudson's Bay Company in 1813. He was in charge of Fort McLeod from 1823 to 1832, and in charge of Fort Kamloops (1841-43). His retirement home in Victoria, on which he began construction in 1850, is the oldest inhabited house in British Columbia.
Also named for him is Tod Inlet, a sidewater of Saanich Inlet and formerly the name of a post office at that location, to the southwest of Brentwood Bay, and also Tod Creek, which flows into it, and Tod Rock, which is offshore.
Mount Lolo, which is nearer to Kamloops than Mount Tod, is named for his right-hand man and interpreter, Jean Baptiste Lolo aka Chief Lolo, as is Paul Lake ("St. Paul" or "Chief Paul" were other names for Chief Lolo).
Traditional land use
Skwelkwekwelt was known as a place where moose and deer meat was dried to last through the winter. As of 2012, a Shuswap website notes, "Many roots and medicines were harvested by the people at Skwelkwekwelt. This traditional use area is being destroyed by major expansion to the Sun Peaks Ski resort and by logging."