Kulshan Whatcom County, Washington

Mapped Location

Kulshan: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.

 

Information

General information on Kulshan

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Kulshan

A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named

Name Description
Kulshan Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Kulshan

References to Kulshan that document the origin of its place name

Title Cover Image: Origin of Washington geographic names

MOUNT BAKER, in the central part of Whatcom County. Elevation, 10,750 feet. (United States Geological Survey.) The Indian name is said to be "Kulshan." The Spaniards called it "Montana del Carmelo." The explorer, Vancouver, wrote on April 30, 1792 : "The high distant land formed, as already observed, like detached islands, amongst which the lofty mountain, discovered in the afternoon by the third lieutenant, and in compliment to him called Mount Baker, rose a very conspicuous object." (Captain George Vancouver: A. Voyage of Discovery, second edition, Volume II., page 56.) The third lieutenant was Joseph Baker for a biography of, whom see Edmond S. Meany's Vancouver's Discovery of Puget Sound, pages 82-83.

Edmond S. Meany in Origin of Washington Geographic Names
Meany, Edmond S., Origin of Washington Geographic Names, 1923 University of Washington, pp 174  |  Origin of Washington Geographic Names

 

Whatcom County

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Last updated: 2024-06-03