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Beacon Lake

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Alberta. Lake: Athabasca River drainage
Head of Simon Creek
52.5397 N 118.2731 W — Map 083D09 — Google — GeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1935
Official in Canada
This lake appears on:
Boundary Commission Sheet 27 (surveyed in 1920 & 1921)
Boundary Commission Sheet 27 B (surveyed in1921)
Boundary Commission Sheet 28 (surveyed in 1921)

Origin of the name unknown. Likely named by the Alberta-British Columbia Boundary Commission.

References:

  • 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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Gabriel Franchère

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Gabriel Franchère

Gabriel Franchère
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Gabriel Franchère [1786–1863]

b. 1786 — Montréal, Quebec
d. 1863 — St. Paul, Minnesota

French Canadian author and explorer of the Pacific Northwest. Franchère was born in Montreal and joined the Pacific Fur Company as a merchant apprentice, arriving at Fort Astoria on the Tonquin. After Astoria was sold to the North West Company, Franchère returned to Montréal overland in 1814. He was employed for a time by John Jacob Astor in Montréal. He wrote Narrative of a Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America, published in 1819.

Sources of biographical information about Franchère:

Events in the Mount Robson region in which Franchère was involved:

  • 1814 Franchère crosses Athabasca Pass
Works pertinent to the Mount Robson region of which Franchère was author or co-author:

  • —   Relation d’un voyage à la Côte du Nord-Ouest de l’Amerique Septentrionale. Montréal: 1820
  • —  and Lamb, William Kaye [1904–1999], editor. Journal of a Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America, in the years 1811, 1812, 1813, and 1814. Toronto: Champlain Society, 1969. Internet Archive

Serenity Mountain

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Alberta-BC boundary. Mountain
N side of Hooker Icefield, just inside BC-Alberta boundary
52.4011 N 118.0114 W — Map 083D08 — Google — GeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1921
Official in BC – Canada
This mountain appears on:
Boundary Commission Sheet 26 (surveyed in 1920) [As “Mt. Serenity”]

Adopted 1921, as labelled on BC-Alberta boundary sheet 26, 1920.

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Mount Evans

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Alberta. Mount
N of Middle Whirlpool River, E of Mount Kane
52.4419 N 118.1294 W — Map 083D08 — Google — GeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1935
Official in Canada
This mount appears on:
Boundary Commission Sheet 26 (surveyed in 1920)
Boundary Commission Sheet 27 (surveyed in 1920 & 1921)
Edgar Evans in 1911

Edgar Evans in 1911
Wikipedia

Named for Edgar Evans [[1876-1912], a Royal Navy petty officer and member of the “Polar Party” in Robert Falcon Scott’s ill-fated expedition to the South Pole in 1911–1912. A group of five men attained the Pole on 17 January 1912. Evans was the first to die on the return; he had accidentally cut his hand and the wound would not heal. The rest of the party subsequently also perished.

Three mountains in the Whirlpool River valley were named in 1913 to commemorate men lost in the expedition. See Mount Scott.

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North Alnus Glacier

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British Columbia. Glacier
NW ofFortress Lake
52.4333 N 118.0333 W — Map 083D08 — Google — GeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1965
Official in BC – Canada
This glacier appears on:
Boundary Commission Sheet 26 (surveyed in 1920)

Name suggested by Alberta-British Columbia Boundary Commission surveyors in 1920, being the latin word for alder, thick groves of which abound on the mountain sides.

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