Alberta-BC boundary. Glacier: Fraser River drainage
E of Berg Lake, NE of Mount Robson
53.1333 N 119.1 W — Map 83E/3 — Google — GeoHack
Earliest known reference to this name is 1910 (Coleman)
Name officially adopted in 1956
Official in BC – Canada
E of Berg Lake, NE of Mount Robson
53.1333 N 119.1 W — Map 83E/3 — Google — GeoHack
Earliest known reference to this name is 1910 (Coleman)
Name officially adopted in 1956
Official in BC – Canada
This glacier appears on:
Wheeler’s map Mount Robson 1912
Boundary Commission Sheet 32 (surveyed in 1922 &1924)
Boundary Commission Sheet 32 A (surveyed in 1924)
Wheeler’s map Mount Robson 1912
Boundary Commission Sheet 32 (surveyed in 1922 &1924)
Boundary Commission Sheet 32 A (surveyed in 1924)
“Between Rearguard and Titkana Peak, leading from the wonderful snow-filled cirque, seen in its entirety from our station on the Lynx Range, flows the Robson Glacier,” wrote Arthur Oliver Wheeler [1860–1945] during the 1911 Alpine Club of Canada–Smithsonian Robson Expedition. “It describes a circular sweep around Rearguard, and, though much crevassed in its upper reaches, it generally easy to travel over.”
References:
- Kinney, George Rex Boyer [1872–1961]. “Mount Robson.” Canadian Alpine Journal, Vol. 2 (1909):10-16
- Coleman, Arthur Philemon [1852–1939]. “Geology and glacial features of Mt. Robson.” Canadian Alpine Journal, Vol. 2, No. 2 (1910):73-78
- Coleman, Arthur Philemon [1852–1939]. The Canadian Rockies: New and Old Trails. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1911. Internet Archive
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver [1860–1945]. “The Alpine Club of Canada’s expedition to Jasper Park, Yellowhead Pass and Mount Robson region, 1911.” Canadian Alpine Journal, Vol. 4 (1912):9-80
- Walcott, Charles Doolittle [1850–1927]. “The monarch of the Canadian Rockies.” National Geographic Magazine, (1913):626. Internet Archive
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver [1860–1945]. “Robson Glacier.” Canadian Alpine Journal, Vol. 6 (1914–1915):104-107