User:OldManRivers/Mount Garibaldi
To Sḵwxwú7mesh, the local indigenous peoples of this territory, the mountain is called Nch'kay. In their language it means "Dirty Place" or "Grimy One".[1][2] This name of the mountain refers to the water in the Cheekye River with it's muddy water.[3] This mountain, like other located in the area, are considered sacred for it plays an important part of their history. In their oral history, they passed down a story of the flood covering the land. During this time, only two mountains peaked over the water, and this mountain was one of them. It was here that the reaming survivors of the flood latched their canoes to the peak and waited for the waters to subside.[2][4]
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- ^ "Squamish Traditional Use Study DRAFT" (PDF). First Heritage Archaeological Consulting. Retrieved 2008-04-27.
- ^ a b "Mount Garibaldi". Bivouac.com - The Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
- ^ "BCGNIS Query Results". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2008-04-27.
- ^ "Squamish Traditional Use Study DRAFT" (PDF). First Heritage Archaeological Consulting. Retrieved 2008-04-27.