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Nootka, under the mistaken impression
that it was the Indian name for the area.
In reality, Nootka is an approximation of
“nootk-sitl’”’, meaning “to go around” or
“to make a circuit”. When Cook landed,
according to one story the Indians were
doing circular dances on the beach, and
when he asked the name of the place they
thought he referred to the form of their
dance. They replied “Nootka”.

A focal point tor many Indian trails’ in
by-gone days, Penticton means literally
“the meeting of the ways”; and Port Co-
quitlam’s name is derived from a Salish
word meaning “a small red salmon’.
“Yoho” was a favourite exclamation of
surprise among the Cree tribes, and is
today the designation of the glacier and
its environs in the Kootenay district.

Many of our most colourful place-
names owe their origin to early inhabitants
who had no particular claim to fame.
Kaslo perpetuates the name of John Kas-
leau, a French-Canadian trapper, who
pushed his way to the head of Kootenay
Lake while searching for a likely spot for
placer mining. Quesnel was named in
honour of Jules Maurice Quesnel, a clerk
of the North West Company, who was
at one time a fellow-traveller of Simon
Fraser in the exploration of the Iraser
River.

Still other B.C. place-names are de-
rived from more famous personages,
many of whom never set foot in the proy-
ince. Thus we have Prince George, form-
erly Fort George, and deriving its name
from George III. of England; and the
Queen Charlottes, honouring the memory
of his reyal consort. Revelstoke, founded
in 1886, was so designated in honour of
Lord Revelstoke, head of the famous
British banking firm of Baring Bros.
The most recent landmark to acquire a
distinguished name was, of course, Mt.
Eisenhower.

The city of Prince Rupert was granted
its name in 1906 by officers of the Grand
Trunk Pacific, in honour of the illustrious
first governor of the Hudson’s Bay Com-
pany. The name was selected as the ig
sult of open competition in the public
press, a prize being offered for the best
suggestion submitted. Out of the 12,000
names received, the officials chose “Prince

Rupert”, the entry of a Miss Eleanor
MacDonald of Winnipeg.

“Ladysmith” was the name given to
that Vancouver Island centre by James

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PRINCE GEORGE, B.C.

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H. H. HATCH, Proprietor
Light and Heavy Hauling - Warehousing
Agents for
Willys Jeeps and Diamond-T Trucks

HIGH-GRADE COAL
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Prince George _ British Columbia

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New and Second-hand Machinery and Mill Supplies

Foundry Castings in Brass, Aluminum, Grey Iron
Selling Agents:

Canadian Fairbanks Morse
Spear & Jackson (B.C.) Ltd.
Simonds Canada Saw Co. Lid.

General Supplies - Saws, Files and Mill Supplies - Machinery
Struciural Steel and Logging Equipment -

PRINCE GEORGE

PHONE 129-R-1 G. C. NASH

NASH ENGINEERING WORKS

Manufacturers Saw Mills and Saw Mill Machinery
Oxy-Acetylene Welding - Saw and Machinery

Repairs

National Machinery Co.
Henry Disston & Sons Ltd.

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