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Curia Mountain

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Alberta. Mountain
S of Basilica Mountain
52.7958 N 118.3383 W — Map 083D16 — Google — GeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1951
Official in Canada
This mountain appears on:
Boundary Commission Sheet 29 (surveyed in 1917) [as “Mt. Curia”]

Named in 1916 from its resemblance to a senate house or curia.

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

Basilica Mountain

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Alberta. Mountain
Between Meadow Creek and Clairvaux Creek, S of Yellowhead Pass
52.8056 N 118.3422 W — Map 083D16 — Google — GeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1951
Official in Canada
This mountain appears on:
Boundary Commission Sheet 29 (surveyed in 1917) [as “Mt. Basicila”]

A basilica is an oblong building ending in a semicircular apse used in ancient Rome especially for a court of justice and place of public assembly. Probably named by the surveyors of the Alberta-British Columbia Boundary Commission.

Rink Brook

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Alberta. Brook
Flows E into Miette River N of Yellowhead Pass
52.925 N 118.5319 W — Map 083D15 — Google — GeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1956
Topo map from Canadian Geographical Names
This brook appears on:
Boundary Commission Sheet 29 (surveyed in 1917)
Boundary Commission Sheet 29 B (surveyed in 1917)
Boundary Commission Sheet 30 (surveyed in 1924)
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