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Fetherstonhaugh Creek

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Alberta. Creek: Smoky River drainage
Flows into Smoky River upstream of Muddywater River
53.8006 N 119.6925 W — Map 083E13 — Google — GeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1963
Official in Canada
This creek appears on:
Boundary Commission Sheet 37 (surveyed in 1923 & 1924)

Named in association with Fetherstonhaugh Pass.

References:

  • Sherwood, Jay. Surveying the 120th Meridian and the Great Divide: The Alberta/BC Boundary Survey, 1918–1924. Qualicum Beach, BC: Caitlin Press, 2019, p. 178
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Casket Mountain

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Alberta. Mountain
E of Intersection Mountain
53.8056 N 119.95 W — Map 083E13 — Google — GeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1927
Official in Canada
This mountain appears on:
Boundary Commission Sheet 38 (surveyed in 1924)
Pre-emptor’s map Tête Jaune 3H 1931

Origin of the name unknown. Possibly named by the Alberta-British Columbia Boundary Commission survey in 1924.

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Casket Creek

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Alberta. Creek: Smoky River drainage
Tributary ofSheep Creek, headwaters at Casket Pass
53.8442 N 119.8722 W — Map 083E13 — Google — GeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1927
Official in Canada
This creek appears on:
Boundary Commission Sheet 37 (surveyed in 1923 & 1924)
Boundary Commission Sheet 38 (surveyed in 1924)
Pre-emptor’s map Tête Jaune 3H 1931

Origin of the name unknown.

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Pyramid Peak

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British Columbia. Former unofficial name: Fraser River drainage
Premier Range
Not currently an official name.

Among the names no longer to be used in the vicinity of the Premier Range.

References:

  • Anon. “Place names in the Premier Range, Cariboo Mountains, B.C.” Canadian Alpine Journal, Vol. 46 (1963):20. Alpine Club of Canada
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Forks Peak

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British Columbia. Former unofficial name: Fraser River drainage
Premier Range
Not currently an official name.

Among the names no longer to be used in the vicinity of the Premier Range.

References:

  • Anon. “Place names in the Premier Range, Cariboo Mountains, B.C.” Canadian Alpine Journal, Vol. 46 (1963):20. Alpine Club of Canada
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Crescent Mountain

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British Columbia. Former unofficial name: Fraser River drainage
Somewhere in the Premier Range
Not currently an official name.

Among the names no longer to be used in the vicinity of the Premier Range.

References:

  • Anon. “Place names in the Premier Range, Cariboo Mountains, B.C.” Canadian Alpine Journal, Vol. 46 (1963):20. Alpine Club of Canada
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Kiwa Peak

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British Columbia. Former unofficial name: Fraser River drainage
Mount Sir John Abbott
52.8 N 119.8 W Google — GeoHack
Not currently an official name.
This former unofficial name appears on:
W. A. D. Munday’s map Cariboos 1925 [former name]

The seldom visited Cariboos are one of the most northerly and extensive mountain chains of interior British Columbia. They are also known — perhaps officially — as the McLennan Range, while the higher peaks are called the Premier Group. In this article the names of the peaks originally given by Allen Carpé and Don Munday are used. The region’s center lies some 15 miles southeast of Tête Jaune, a station on the Prince Rupert line of the Canadian National Railroad, in the triangle of high peaks formed by Mount Titan (Sir Wilfrid Laurier, ca. 11,750 ft.), Mount David Thompson (Sir John Thompson, ca. 11,250 ft.) and Mount Kiwa (Sir John Abbott, ca. 11,200 ft.). The mountains are high and heavily glaciated, but not especially difficult for the alpinist.

— Hendricks and Kauffman
References:

  • Hendricks, Sterling Brown [1902–1981], and Kauffman, Andrew John [1920–2002]. “Cariboo Climbing.” American Alpine Journal, 7:2 (1950). American Alpine Club
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