{{Short description|Mountain on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Tyee Mountain | image = | image_caption = | elevation_m = 1666 | elevation_ref = | prominence_m = 536 | prominence_ref = | location = Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada | district = Nootka Land District | range = Vancouver Island Ranges | coordinates = {{coord|49|58|45.8|N|125|53|39.1|W|type:mountain_region:CA}} | topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|92|F|13}} | first_ascent = | easiest_route = | map = Vancouver Island#British Columbia | map_caption = Location on Vancouver Island##Location in British Columbia | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 8 | mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Tyee Mountain }}
'''Tyee Mountain''' is a mountain on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, located {{convert|25|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} northeast of Gold River and {{convert|5|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} northeast of Mount Judson,<ref name="SI">[http://www.bivouac.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=7156 Tyee Mountain] in the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia</ref> between the head of the Gold River and the Salmon River, at the northwest end of Strathcona Provincial Park. "Tyee", which also means "big" and "chief" or "chiefly in the Chinook Jargon, was applied here in its sense of "big" (i.e. the bigger or biggest one).<ref>{{BCGNIS|25151|Tyee Mountain}}</ref>
==See also== * List of mountains in Canada * List of Chinook Jargon placenames
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Category:Vancouver Island Ranges Category:Chinook Jargon place names Category:One-thousanders of British Columbia Category:Nootka Land District
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