Chopaka Mountain Explained

Chopaka Mountain
Elevation Ft:	7887
Elevation Ref:	^[1]
Prominence Ft:	1811
Prominence Ref:	^[2]
Location:	Okanogan County, Washington, United States
Range:	Okanagan Range, North Cascades
Coordinates:	48.9574°N -119.7848°W
Topo:	USGS Hurley Peak

Chopaka Mountain, also known as Mount Chopaka, is a summit in the leeward flank of the North Cascades. Its summit area is a Natural Area Preserve comprising, and features a mountain goat population and various rare plants. The last surviving native herd of bighorn sheep in Washington was located on Chopaka Mountain until hunted out in the 1920s.^[3]

Name origin

According to the British Columbia Geographical Names Information System, in their record on nearby Chopaka, British Columbia, Chopaka was either an Okanagan hunter turned to stone by "coyote", or a maiden transformed into stone.^[4] Another meaning is given by regional climbing guide author Fred Beckey who states that Chopaka is an Indian word meaning "high mountain".^[5]

See also

• Chopaka Lake

External links

• 1517744 . Chopaka Mountain . 2011-06-07.

Notes and References

1. TP1197 . Chopaka . 2011-06-07.
2. 24270 . Chopaka Mountain, Washington . 2011-06-07.
3. Web site: Chopaka Mountain NAP . Washington State Department of Natural Resources . 2011-06-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110520095257/http://www.dnr.wa.gov/AboutDNR/ManagedLands/Pages/amp_na_chopaka.aspx . 2011-05-20 .
4. 12th Report of the Okanagan Historical Society, 1948, citing A. Walsh and Parham, cited in 5919 . Chopaka (locality) . 2011-06-07.
5. Book: Beckey, Fred W. . Fred Beckey . Cascade Alpine Guide, Vol. 3, Rainy Pass to Fraser River . 3rd . 2008 . . 1-59485-136-0 . 228.