Mount Sig Harstad

British Columbia. Mountain
South of McBride, between Castle Creek and Raush River
53.13 N 120.106 W Google — GeoHack
Earliest known reference to this name is 2021
Not currently an official name.
Logging in the Loos/Snowshoe Area. Men gathered in front of a load of logs hitched to a team of horses. Sig Harstad can be seen sitting on a log in between two other men. Ca. 1926. From The Robson Valley Story, p. 387

Logging in the Loos/Snowshoe Area. Men gathered in front of a load of logs hitched to a team of horses. Sig Harstad can be seen sitting on a log in between two other men. Ca. 1926.
From The Robson Valley Story, p. 387
Valley Museum & Archives Society [accessed 18 September 2026]


Sig Harstad, ca. 1926

Sig Harstad, ca. 1926

Named for logger and lumber mill operator Sigvald Harstad [1896–1979], who is buried in the McBride Cemetery.

Other Harstads in the cemetery include Eva May [1914–1996], Leon S.[1944–2008], Robert A.  [1949–1993], and Sheena Maree   [1969–1970].

References:

  • CanadaGenWeb’s Cemetery Project. 2020. CanadaGenWeb
  • Wheeler, Marilyn [1932–2016]. The Robson Valley Story. McBride, B.C.: Robson Valley Story Group, 1979

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