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Chalco Mountain

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British Columbia. Mountain
Near headwaters of Chalco Creek, N of Holmes River
53.3922 N 119.7619 W — Map 083E05 — Google — GeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1927
Official in BC – Canada
This mountain appears on:
Boundary Commission Sheet 35 (surveyed in 1923)

Chalco Creek and Chalco Mountain so-named “from the copper-like mineral, chalcopyrite, showing at the summit.”

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Chalco Creek

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British Columbia. Creek: Fraser River drainage
Flows S into Holmes River, S of Mount Pauline
53.3431 N 119.9378 W — Map 083E05 — Google — GeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1927
Official in BC – Canada

Chalco is from the Greek word for copper. The copper-bearing mineral chalcopyrite (or perhaps chalcocite) appears near the head of this creek.

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Chadwick Creek

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British Columbia. Creek: Fraser River drainage
Flows NE into Fraser River E of Croydon
53.0667 N 119.6833 W — Map 83E/4 — Google — GeoHack
Earliest known reference to this name is 1974
Name officially adopted in 1975
Official in BC – Canada

Name required for water licence purposes; in the absence of any known local name, “Chadwick” was chosen by Water Rights Branch from 1962-63 Superannuants List, after Mrs. Amy G. Chadwick.

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Centre Pass

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British Columbia. Pass
Athabasca River and Fraser River drainages
Headwaters of Grant Brook and Miette River
53.0167 N 118.6542 W — Map 083E02 — Google — GeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1956
Official in BC – Canada
This pass appears on:
Boundary Commission Sheet 30 (surveyed in 1924) [as “Centre Passage”]

One of three routes through Miette Pass.

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Cedarside

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British Columbia. Railway point
On Canadian National Railway, S of Valemount
52.7833 N 119.25 W — Map 83D/14 — Google — GeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1983
Official in BC – Canada
60 miles west of the Yellowhead Pass on the Canadian National Railway
Mile 78 in Albreda Subdivision (Jasper to Blue River as of 1977)
This railway point appears on:
Zillmer maps of Cariboo 1939-1948 [1946]

Origin of the name unknown.

Catfish Creek

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British Columbia. Creek: Fraser River drainage
Flows NE into Fraser River, NW of Loos
53.6392 N 120.7928 W — Map 093H10 — Google — GeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1990
Official in BC – Canada
This creek appears on:
Pre-emptor’s map Tête Jaune 3H 1919

Adopted in the 1930 BC Gazetteer, as labelled on BC map 3H, 1919. Confirmed 12 March 1965; mouth at 53º 37′ 00″ – 120º 46′ 00 on 93H/10, since diverted by highway & secondary road construction. Altered application 30 May 1990; mouth at 53º 38′ 20″ – 121º 47′ 40″ as shown on 1:20 000 TRIM mapping and confirmed by Department of Highways staff at McBride.

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Castle Creek

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British Columbia. Creek: Fraser River drainage
Flows NE into Fraser River, W of Raush River
53.2269 N 120.0417 W — Map 093H01 — Google — GeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1965
Official in BC – Canada
This creek appears on:
Pre-emptor’s map Tête Jaune 3H 1919

In 1871 Canadian Pacific Railway surveyor James Adams Mahood [d. 1901] left Quesnel with a large party, crossed Dominion Pass, and went down Castle Creek to the Fraser River. The party wintered at the Fraser and the next year continued their fruitless search for a pass suitable for a rail crossing. This crossing with pack animals may have been the first recorded crossing of a glacial pass in Canadian mountains.

— Zillmer

“Dominion Pass” is not a currently recognized name.

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  • Zillmer, Raymond T. [1887–1960]. “Explorations in the Southern Cariboos.” Canadian Alpine Journal, Vol. 27 (1939):48-61
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Casket Pass

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Alberta-BC boundary. Pass
Fraser River and Smoky River drainages
Between Casket Creek and Forgetmenot Creek
53.7764 N 119.9303 W — Map 083E13 — Google — GeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1963
Official in BC – Canada
This pass 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

Named by the Alberta-British Columbia Boundary Commission in 1923, in association with Casket Mountain (on the Alberta side of the boundary); in turn named “due to a rock outcrop at the summit which bears a resemblance to a sarcophagus.” (BC-Alberta Boundary Report, part III, p.61)

“Casket mountain lies directly northeast of Intersection Mountain and is an extension of the same ridge. The name is due to a rock outcrop at the summit which bears a resemblance to a sarcophagus,” wrote boundary surveyor Arthur Oliver Wheeler [1860–1945].

“North Morkill” and “Sheep Creek” identified on BC name card as old/other names for Casket Pass.

References:

  • 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
  • British Columbia Geographical Names. Casket Pass
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Casemate Mountain

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British Columbia. Mountain
Headwaters of Geikie Creek
52.6833 N 118.35 W — Map 83D/9 — Google — GeoHack — Bivouac
Earliest known reference to this name is 1921
Name officially adopted in 1951
Official in BC – Canada
Elevation: 3103 m
This mountain appears on:
Boundary Commission Sheet 28 (surveyed in 1921)
Mt. Casemate (left) and Mt. Postern (right) looking across the Geikie Valley from Drawbridge Cyril G. Wates, 1926

Mt. Casemate (left) and Mt. Postern (right) looking across the Geikie Valley from Drawbridge
Cyril G. Wates, 1926
Canadian Alpine Journal 1927

Adopted 17 January 1951 on Jasper Park (north) map, as labelled on BC-Alberta Boundary sheet 28, 1921. The feature was named by the Alberta-British Columbia Boundary Commission.

In fortifications, a casemate is a vaulted chamber build in the ramparts of a fortress, with openings for defensive fire.

References:

  • 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
  • Wates, Cyril G. [1883–1946], and Gibson, E. Rex [1892–1957]. “The Ramparts in 1927.” Canadian Alpine Journal, Vol. 16 (1927):85-95
  • British Columbia Geographical Names. Casemate Mountain
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