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. Located northeast of the junction of Louis and McGillivray Creeks, it is part of the upland area between the

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, the mountain is the highest of three summits comprising the Sun Peaks alpine ski resort.

Name origin

The mountain is named for John Tod, one of the most prominent of the

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s assigned to the New Caledonia fur district. He first joined the

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in 1813. He was in charge of Fort McLeod from 1823 to 1832, and in charge of

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(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

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, a sidewater of

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and formerly the name of a post office at that location, to the southwest of

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, 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."

External links

Hiking route description for summiting Mount Tod

References

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Name origin

Traditional land use

See also

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