Legacy
William Fraser Tolmie's name is associated with Tolmie Peak near Mount Rainier and Tolmie's Saxifrage, which he discovered there. Tolmie State Park in Washington is named for him, as are Mount Tolmie, Tolmie Channel, and Tolmie Point in British Columbia. Tolmie Street in Vancouver is also named for him. Other plants bearing his name include Tolmie's star-tulip (Calochortus tolmiei) and Tolmie's onion (Allium tolmiei). The scientific name of MacGillivray's Warbler is also named for him: Oporornis tolmiei.
Tolmie's son, Simon Fraser Tolmie, was the twenty-first Premier of British Columbia.
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