British Columbia. Peak
Headwaters of Fraser River, S of Geikie Creek
52.6389 N 118.3719 W — Map 083D09 — Google — GeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1922
Official in BC – Canada
Headwaters of Fraser River, S of Geikie Creek
52.6389 N 118.3719 W — Map 083D09 — Google — GeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1922
Official in BC – Canada
This peak appears on:
Boundary Commission Sheet 28 (surveyed in 1921)
Boundary Commission Sheet 28 (surveyed in 1921)
A camera station named by Alberta-British Columbia Boundary Commission in 1921.
Perhaps named to commemorate someone’s name, tor he brownish-red color usually spelled “rufous, ” or the rufous humming-bird (Selasphorus rufus), which Ned Hollister [1876–1924] of the Smithsonian Institution observed during the 1911 Alpine Club of Canada–Smithsonian Robson Expedition.
References:
- Hollister, Ned [1876–1924]. “Mammals of the Alpine Club Expedition to the Mount Robson Region.” Canadian Alpine Journal, Vol. 4 No. 2 (1912):6-44
- 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