Mount Gunanoot is a
mountain
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in the
Spatsizi Plateau of the
North-Central Interior of British Columbia,
Canada
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, located just east of the headwaters of the
Spatsizi River. It is named for
Simon Gunanoot, a
Gitxsan
Gitxsan (also spelled Gitksan and Kitksan) are an Indigenous people in Canada whose home territory comprises most of the area known as the Skeena Country in English (: means "people of" and : means "the River of Mist"). Gitksan territory enco ...
packer, entrepreneur and erstwhile fugitive who was hunted for several years before turning himself in for trial and being acquitted. Gunanoot is responsible for "opening up" most of the country in this region.
See also
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Sacred Headwaters
The Sacred Headwaters is a large subalpine drainage basin centred around Klappan Mountain of the Klappan Range in northern British Columbia. It is the source of three wild salmon rivers: the Skeena River, Nass River, and Stikine River. It is al ...
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Spatsizi Headwaters Provincial Park
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Spatsizi Plateau Wilderness Provincial Park
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Gunanoot Lake
References
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Gunanoot
Stikine Country
Stikine Plateau
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