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If Mount Rainier’s name is changed, what about Mount Baker?
April 28, 2021 at 3:35 pm
Koma Kulshan Guard Station on the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, as it appeared in a 1990 photo by James A. McDonald; “Koma Kulshan” was intended to honor the Indigenous name of nearby Mount Baker, but may be incorrect. (US Forest Service)
Last week, KIRO 7 TV reported that the Puyallup Tribe is launching a new effort to restore the Indigenous name “Tacoma” to Mount Rainier.
But what about Mount Baker, which was given that name 229 years ago this week?
Unlike the battle between Seattle and Tacoma civic leaders over the name of Mount Rainier which goes way back to the 1890s – or even the new efforts of the Puyallup Tribe, there doesn’t appear to have ever been the same level of conflict or even any dispute over the name of Mount Baker. However, it turns out that there ....

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