ḵ’els
is a
mountain
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located at the head of
lekw’emin (Jervis Inlet) above the ancestral
shÃshálh village site of x̱enichen
and within the
Pacific Ranges
The Pacific Ranges are the southernmost subdivision of the Coast Mountains portion of the Pacific Cordillera. Located entirely within British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada, they run northwest from the lower stretches of the Fraser River to B ...
of the
Coast Mountains
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of
British Columbia
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, Canada. The mountain is associated with a shÃshálh legend about a great flood.
In 1860, during a survey by , the
mountain
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was named "Mount Victoria" after
Princess Beatrice Mary Victoria who was the ninth child of
Queen Victoria
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and
Prince Albert
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*Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1819–1861), consort of Queen Victoria
*Albert II, Prince of Monaco (born 1958), present head of state of Monaco
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Royalty
* Alb ...
.
The name ḵ’els, which means "anchor" in ''
she shashishalhem,'' was legally restored on June 21, 2023.
The first colonial ascent of ḵ’els was made in 1931 by Arthur Tinniswood Dalton and Percy Williams Easthope.
References
External links
CM_C2308 Fraser River to N.E.Pt. of Texada Island including Howe Sound and Jervis Inlet 'Annotated' 1863.02.16 1865.08Detail Map of Mount Victoriafrom the 1860 Survey Map of the Jervis Inlet and Mt.Victoria.
Two-thousanders of British Columbia
Pacific Ranges
Lillooet Land District
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