Big Shale Hill

Alberta-BC boundary. Hill
S of head of Morkill River, W of Shale Pass
53.6167 N 119.7833 W — Map 83E/12 — GoogleGeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1925
Official in BCCanada
This hill appears on:
Boundary Commission Sheet 35 (surveyed in 1923) [as “Great Shale Hill”]
Boundary Commission Sheet 37 (surveyed in 1923 & 1924) [as “Great Shale Hill”]

Labelled “Great Shale Hill” on BC-Alberta boundary sheets. The summit ridge extends over four miles westward from Shale Pass along the Continental Divide, forming the interprovincial boundary.

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