What's in a name? The (mostly) true story of Ha Ling Peak
 

Though calls to name an iconic Rocky Mountain peak in Ha Ling's honour go back as far as his legendary 1896 ascent, the name "Chinaman's Peak" stuck for more than a century, even as the term came to be seen as a racial slur. A new documentary on the peak explores the story — and the politics of place names more generally.


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