Editing Mount Baker (section)

== Name and etymology ==
Mount Baker is known to the several Indigenous peoples surrounding the mountain by different names.

The [[Nooksack people|Nooksack]], who live in the closest proximity to the north face of the mountain, have multiple names for different areas of the mountain. The name {{Langx|nok|Kweq' Smánit|label=none}}, meaning "white mountain," refers to Mount Baker as a whole, and specifically, to the glacier-covered summit above 7,000 feet. The open slopes of Mt. Baker, between about 5,000 feet and 7,000 feet, are known as {{Langx|nok|Kwelshán|label=none}}, meaning "shooting place," referring to the act of going hunting up on the slopes. The third main name for the mountain is {{Langx|nok|Spelhpálhx̠en|label=none}}, meaning "many meadows," refers to the sheltered meadows below around 5,500 feet.<ref name=":1" />

The [[Upper Skagit Indian Tribe|Upper Skagit peoples]], who live in the closest proximity to the south face of the mountain along the Skagit River watershed, call the mountain {{Langx|lut|təqʷubəʔ|label=none}} in [[Lushootseed]], which means "permanently snow-covered mountain."<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Bates |first1=Dawn |title=Lushootseed Dictionary |last2=Hess |first2=Thom |last3=Hilbert |first3=Vi |publisher=University of Washington Press |location=Seattle}}</ref>

Other Indigenous peoples, such as the [[Lummi people|Lummi]] or [[List of Halkomelem-speaking peoples|Halkomelem-speaking peoples]], use names for the mountain [[Loanword|borrowed]] from the Nooksack term, as, due to the distance to the mountain from the core homelands of those peoples, only those closely related to the Nooksack might travel to hunt and gather with them at {{Langx|nok|Kwelshán|label=none}}. Thus, the names for Mount Baker in [[Lummi dialect|Lummi]] and [[Halkomelem]] are ''{{Langx|str|Kwelshan|label=none}}'' and {{Langx|hur|Kwelxá:lxw|label=none}} respectively.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Galloway |first=Brent |title=Dictionary of Upper Halkomelem, Volume I |publisher=University of California |year=2009 |pages=152}}</ref> The name in the nearby [[Thompson language]], {{Lang|thp|kʷəlhéləxʷ}}, may be a loan from Nooksack or Halkomelem.<ref name="Thompson Dictionary">{{Cite book |last1=Thompson |first1=Laurence C. |title=Thompson River Salish Dictionary |last2=Thompson |first2=M. Terry |date=1996 |publisher=[[University of Montana]] |isbn=978-1-879763-12-8 |edition= |series=University of Montana Occasional Papers in Linguistics |volume=12 |location=Missoula, MT |pages=117}}</ref>

In the language of the unidentified "Koma tribe," the name is ''Tukullum'' or ''Nahcullum.''<ref>{{cite book |last=Beckey |first=Fred |title=Cascade Alpine Guide: Climbing and High Routes: Rainy Pass to Fraser River |publisher=Mountaineers Books |date=August 1995 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3ek5uvZaNGIC |isbn=978-0-89886-423-6}}</ref>

The first Europeans to see and name the mountain were the Spanish. [[Gonzalo López de Haro|Gonzalo Lopez de Haro]] was the first European to record the mountain, calling it ''{{lang|es|Gran Montaña del Carmelo}}'', meaning "Great [[Mount Carmel]]".<ref name="USFSClmbHst" />

The current English name for the mountain, Mount Baker, was chosen by [[George Vancouver]]. Vancouver named the mountain for 3rd Lieutenant [[Joseph Baker (captain)|Joseph Baker]] of [[HMS Discovery (1789)|HMS ''Discovery'']], who saw it on April 30, 1792.<ref name=":2" />

Mount Baker is sometimes also known by the alternative English name "Kulshan" which is the [[Anglicisation|Anglicized]] form of the Nooksack name {{Langx|nok|Kwelshán|label=none}}. The other related name, "Koma Kulshan," is likely the Anglicized version of the Nooksack phrase, {{Langx|nok|Kwóma Kwelshán|label=none}}, meaning "go up into the mountains to {{Langx|nok|Kwelshán|label=none}}."<ref name=":1" />