British Columbia. Mountain
S of Mount Robson
53.0528 N 119.1611 W — Map 083E03 — Google — GeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1978
Official in BC – Canada
S of Mount Robson
53.0528 N 119.1611 W — Map 083E03 — Google — GeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1978
Official in BC – Canada
On the alpine slopes of this mountain grow the pink-flowered (or is it blue?) moss campion, a circumpolar, mat-forming alpine plant of the genus Silene.
“Still higher up were several kinds of flowering mosses: the pink (moss campion), the white, and the yellow,” wrote explorer Arthur Oliver Wheeler [1860–1945] in 1912.
Possibly named by the Alberta-British Columbia Boundary Commission, of which Wheeler was a member, in 1922.
References:
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver [1860–1945]. “The Alpine Club of Canada’s expedition to Jasper Park, Yellowhead Pass and Mount Robson region, 1911.” Canadian Alpine Journal, Vol. 4 (1912):9-80
- 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. Part II. 1917 to 1921. From Kicking Horse Pass to Yellowhead Pass.. Ottawa: Office of the Surveyor General, 1924. Whyte Museum
- 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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