Talk:Stawamus Chief/Archive 1

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There is apparently a fair amount of disagreement about the Chief's elevation. A number of sources such as McLane^[1] quote the elevation as being 650m, but this is apparently only approximate. A map produced by the British Columbia Ministry of the Environment indicates that the elevation of Third Peak--highest of the Chief's several summits--is 702m.[2] This elevation is also quoted by Bivouac.com. [3] Further corroboration with the government topo map would be valuable.

Psi4ce 18:53, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

"Second largest granite monolith"

I noticed that the change a while back from "It is the second largest..." to "It is not..." was unsourced and unexplained, so I reverted it. I'm not really sure of the truth of the claim---anyone want to weigh in on this, and/or find a source saying that it's not? -- Spireguy 02:42, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

I think it's marketing hype; local over-boasting. Even just on the backside of the Tantalus Range there's a bigger wall of rock somewhere - the main obstacle to any highway or pipeline from Squamish to the Sunshine Coast, in fact. And what's a "granite monolith" anyway? Waddington's granitic, and it's definitely a monolith, and it's definitely bigger than the Chief; there are hundreds of others; to me that brag has always been just that, as with Whistler's nonsensical claim to being "the most beautiful valley/best scenery in BC", which of course is hogwash - all you have to do is drive another 20 miles to Pemberton to put the lie to it.....Skookum1 06:23, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Oral History

I'm curious if anyone has seen anything about the oral indigenous history of the mountain. Ironically I do know the oral history of it, but for me it, it's still oral. I rememeber hearing stories about the mountain, how it came to be, it's spiritual importance, etc. But I cannot remember who told me these stories, if I read them somewhere else, or what. Like for instance, my people say when every a Skwxwu7mesh passes away, a rock falls off the mountain. The greater the impact and importance they had in their lifetime with the people, the bigger the rock. When August Jack, Andy Paull, and Joe Mathias passed away, huuuuuuge rocks fell. I also know the story about how it came to be, but like I said, it's all in my head and I haven't heard of a citable reference or anything and I can't remember who told me the story when I was growing up. So I'm asking if anyone else has seen/heard of good citable references to the mountain's indigenous history? OldManRivers (talk) 22:32, 13 March 2008 (UTC)