Talk:Tuya Butte

Note to Black Tusk

Still curious to see a pic; I've mapped these and seen a few b&w's in Holland's book; that's now why this note though; wondering if for this article the etymology of tuya - from local native, presumably Dease Lake people's, language; it was their name for the river/lake I think. Also in addition to the Tuya Range, which yes needs an article and I'll have to give it some thought which macro-grouping of mountains these are in; the Cassiars I think, or the Stikines, but I'll check; but there's also a Tuya Mountains Provincial Park, which maybe there's an article already for but otherwise needs one. Also, in all the articles you write or edit that have to do with BC, could you please place the template/tag for the BC project at the top of each one (or after other tags if there's already some there, e.g. the rivers tag). Come to think of it this one, and all the mountain/volcano entries you've made (NOT the ranges; I don't think so anyway...) should get {{Mountains|needs-photo=yes}}; I'll check the project page to see if that should go on mountain ranges and related articles also.Skookum1 01:19, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Well, I would add a photo of Tuya Butte, but I don't have one. It should have a pic though, since the tuya is named after the volcano. Black Tusk 04:45, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

Location?

The coordinates point to a location in southern, not north-central, BC. --131.215.220.112 19:14, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

Origin of the name?

Where does the name "Tuya" come from? --Una Smith (talk) 05:12, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

Black Tusk may have this in one of the govt geology/mineralogy or vulcanology papers, but I believe it's Kaska (Cassiar) or another Northern Athapaskan language from that area; it was the name of Tuya Butte and became applied to other similar landforms geology-wide.Skookum1 (talk) 15:58, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

It would be good to know which language because thousands of miles to the south, in New Mexico, there is a volcanic Black Mesa which in the local Tewa language is Tu-yo: Image:Black Mesa, New Mexico.jpg. --Una Smith (talk) 19:39, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

I looked taht up this afternoon after our earlier query. if Tewa is an Athapaskan language it might well be; any of the langauges in the toponymy of that area would be Athapaskan; too far inland for Tlingit and it's definitely not Chinook Jargon, which is another possibility anywhere in BC. The other issue about Tu-yo/Black Mesa is - is it a mesa or a volcanic butte; i.e. sedimentary or made by fire? Not that taht necessariliy ahs anything to do with Black Mesa, but if it does anthey're Athapaskans maybe there is; I'll alert Black Tusk to this and get him to do the digging on the name origin (it's him that started the whole volcano series in BC)Skookum1 (talk) 00:30, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

BCGNIS Query Results has some infomation about its name origin. It may be from a Tahltan word. --Black Tusk (talk) 17:08, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

The congruities with the Germanic languages on the BCGNIS page were provocative, but the "accepted wisdom" from amything else I've seen is that the name was indigenous, i.e. before any Scandinavians might have been in the area.....Skookum1 (talk) 17:58, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

NASA image

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tuyas

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Keith McClary (talk • contribs) 06:50, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

another image--can this be used? I'm assuming it can because of the "wiki" part of the URL, but I'm not knowledgeable about such matters (or even how to do a decent link here). http://wikimapia.org/11793299/Tuya-Butte#/photo/1725923 Mcswell (talk) 00:53, 31 July 2020 (UTC)