Mount Gunanoot is a mountain

Mountain

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 in the Spatsizi Plateau

Spatsizi Plateau

The Spatsizi Plateau is a plateau in the upper basin of the Stikine River in north-central British Columbia, Canada. Most of the plateau, which is a sub-plateau of the Stikine Plateau, is enshrined in either Spatsizi Plateau Wilderness Provincial Park or Spatsizi Headwaters Provincial Park...

 of the North-Central Interior of British Columbia

British Columbia Interior

The British Columbia Interior or BC Interior or Interior of British Columbia, usually referred to only as the Interior, is one of the three main regions of the Canadian province of British Columbia, the other two being the Lower Mainland, which comprises the overlapping areas of Greater Vancouver...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

, located just east of the headwaters of the Spatsizi River

Spatsizi River

The Spatsizi River is a tributary of the Stikine River, rising near Mount Gunanoot in the southeastern Spatsizi Plateau."Spatsizi" is a phrase from the Sekani language meaning "red goat", a reference to the habit of mountain goats in the region of rolling in the red dust of a particular mountain,...

. It is named for Simon Gunanoot

Simon Gunanoot

Simon Gunanoot was a prosperous Gitxsan man and a merchant in the Kispiox Valley region of Hazelton, British Columbia, Canada. He lived with his wife and children on a large ranch...

, a Gitxsan

Gitxsan

Gitxsan are an indigenous people whose home territory comprises most of the area known as the Skeena Country in English...

 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

• Sacred Headwaters
  Sacred Headwaters
  The Sacred Headwaters is the simon given to a subalpine basin in northern British Columbia that is the source of three wild salmon rivers: the Skeena River, Nass River and Stikine River. It is also referred to as the Klappan Valley, although the Klappan—a tributary of the Stikine River—is only one...
  
  
• Spatsizi Headwaters Provincial Park
  Spatsizi Headwaters Provincial Park
  Spatsizi Headwaters Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. It was established in 2001 and contains ~427 ha., protecting the headwaters of the Spatsizi River. It is located just east of Mount Gunanoot and to the south of the Spatsizi Plateau Wilderness Provincial...
  
  
• Spatsizi Plateau Wilderness Provincial Park
  Spatsizi Plateau Wilderness Provincial Park
  Spatsizi Plateau Wilderness Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, protecting most of the Spatsizi Plateau, the southeasternmost subplateau of the Stikine Plateau, and the upper reaches of the basin of the Stikine River.-History:...
  
  
• Gunanoot Lake
  Gunanoot Lake
  Gunanoot Lake is a lake in the Skeena Country of the Northern Interior of British Columbia, Canada, located northeast of the town of Hazelton near the confluence of the Babine and Shelagyote Rivers...