Tatei Ridge

Alberta-BC boundary. Ridge
E of Berg Lake
53.1608 N 119.0794 W — Map 83E/3 — GoogleGeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1956
Official in BCCanada

“Tatei” is the Nakoda or Stoney word for “wind.”

“Tatei Ridge” is listed at the Indigenous Geographical Names dataset as a word of Stoney language.

References:

  • Canadian Board on Geographical Names. Place-names of Alberta. Published for the Geographic Board by the Department of the Interior. Ottawa: Department of the Interior, 1928. Hathi Trust
  • Holmgren, Eric J., and Holmgren, Patricia M. Over 2,000 place names of Alberta. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: Modern Press, 1973. Internet Archive

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