Alberta-BC boundary. Mountain
N of Yellowhead Lake
52.9 N 118.5667 W — Map 083D15 — Google — GeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1924
Official in BC – Topo map from Canadian Geographical Names
N of Yellowhead Lake
52.9 N 118.5667 W — Map 083D15 — Google — GeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1924
Official in BC – Topo map from Canadian Geographical Names
This mountain appears on:
Boundary Commission Sheet 29 (surveyed in 1917)
Boundary Commission Sheet 29 B (surveyed in 1917)
Boundary Commission Sheet 29 (surveyed in 1917)
Boundary Commission Sheet 29 B (surveyed in 1917)
The site of a camera station on the Alberta-British Columbia Boundary Commission survey, which worked through Yellowhead Pass in 1917. Presumably named for Pierre Bostonais dit “Tête Jaune” [d. 1827], in imitation of other Roches in the region.
References:
- Canadian Board on Geographical Names. Place-names of Alberta. Published for the Geographic Board by the Department of the Interior. Ottawa: Department of the Interior, 1928. Hathi Trust
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