Tête Roche

British Columbia. Mountain
N of Yellowhead Lake
52.9 N 118.5667 W — Map 083D15 — GoogleGeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1924
Official in BCCanada

The site of a camera station on the Alberta-British Columbia Boundary Commission survey, which worked through Yellowhead Pass in 1917. Presumably named to recall Pierre Bostonais dit “Tête Jaune” [d. 1827].

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
  • Wheeler, Marilyn [1932–2016]. The Robson Valley Story. McBride, B.C.: Robson Valley Story Group, 1979
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