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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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Mount Kane

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Alberta. Mount
N of Mount Hooker
52.4319 N 118.1558 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)
Paul Kane Self-portrait, 1846-1848

Paul Kane
Self-portrait, 1846-1848
Wikipedia

Named for artist Paul Kane [1810–1871] by the Alberta-British Columbia Boundary Commission.

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  • 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 III – from 1918 to 1924. Atlas. Ottawa: Office of the Surveyor General, 1925
  • 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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