Alberta-BC boundary. Mountain
S of headwaters of Geikie Creek
52.6333 N 118.3583 W — Map 083D09 — Google — GeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1951
Official in BC – Canada
S of headwaters of Geikie Creek
52.6333 N 118.3583 W — Map 083D09 — Google — GeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1951
Official in BC – Canada
This mountain appears on:
Boundary Commission Sheet 28 (surveyed in 1921)
Boundary Commission Sheet 28 (surveyed in 1921)
This feature was named by the Alberta-British Columbia Boundary survey in 1921. “Scarp” is short for escarp, a steep bank or wall.
George Monro Grant [1835–1902], on first seeing the Rocky Mountains in 1871, said, “The line was defined, and the scarp as clear, as if they had been hewn and chiselled for a fortification.”
References:
- Grant, George Monro [1835–1902]. Ocean to Ocean: Sandford Fleming’s Expedition through Canada in 1872. Being a Diary Kept During a Journey from the Atlantic to the Pacific with the Expedition of the Engineer-in-Chief of the Canadian Pacific and Intercolonial Railways. Toronto: James Campbell and Son, 1873. Google Books
- Cautley, Richard William [1873–1953], and Wheeler, Arthur Oliver [1860–1945]. Report of the Commission appointed to delimit the boundary between the Provinces of Alberta and British Columbia. Part II. 1917 to 1921. From Kicking Horse Pass to Yellowhead Pass.. Ottawa: Office of the Surveyor General, 1924. Whyte Museum
- Cautley, Richard William [1873–1953], and Wheeler, Arthur Oliver [1860–1945]. Report of the Commission Appointed to Delimit the Boundary between the Provinces of Alberta and British Columbia. Parts IIIA & IIIB, 1918 to 1924. From Yellowhead Pass Northerly. Ottawa: Office of the Surveyor General, 1925. Whyte Museum
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