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Bush River

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British Columbia. River: Columbia River drainage
Flows S into Bush Arm (Columbia Reach), Kinbasket Lake
51.8067 N 117.3664 W — Map 082N14 — Google — GeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1974
Official in BC – Topo map from Canadian Geographical Names
Descriptive name, referring to the dense forest to the water’s edge.

Adopted in the 10th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 30 June 1911. The channel labelled “North Fork Bush River” on BC map 1EM confirmed as the main channel of Bush River, and the channel labelled “South Branch Bush River” on BC-Alberta Boundary sheet 19, 1918, was named Valenciennes River in the 18th Report, 31 March 1924. Lower reaches of Bush River have since been flooded behind Mica Dam.

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Mount Lyell

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Alberta-BC boundary. Mount
NE of Bush Arm Kinbasket Lake
51.9567 N 117.1033 W — Map 082N14 — Google — GeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1911
Official in BC – Topo map from Canadian Geographical Names
This mount appears on:
Palliser Map 1863
Named in 1858 by James Hector [1834–1907], after Sir Charles Lyell [1797–1875], noted British geologist.

Also Lyell Glacier and Icefield.

Five distinct peaks on Mount Lyell were named in 1972 for five prominent Swiss mountaineering guides: Ernest Peak, Walter Peak and Christian Peak on the interprovincial boundary, after Ernest [sic] Feuz, Walter Feuz and Christian Hässler; and Edward Peak and Rudolph Peak entirely in Alberta, after Edward [sic] Feuz and Rudolph Aemm