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Basilica Mountain

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Alberta. Mountain
Between Meadow Creek and Clairvaux Creek, S of Yellowhead Pass
52.8056 N 118.3422 W — Map 083D16 — Google — GeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1951
Official in Canada
This mountain appears on:
Boundary Commission Sheet 29 (surveyed in 1917) [as “Mt. Basicila”]

A basilica is an oblong building ending in a semicircular apse used in ancient Rome especially for a court of justice and place of public assembly. Probably named by the surveyors of the Alberta-British Columbia Boundary Commission.

Mount Erebus

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Alberta. Mount
Headwaters of Simon Creek
52.6325 N 118.2667 W — Map 083D09 — Google — GeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1935
Official in Canada
This mount appears on:
Boundary Commission Sheet 28 (surveyed in 1921)

In Greek mythology, Erebus is the personification of darkness. Possibly named in the Alberta-British Columbia Boundary Commission surveys.

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. Parts IIIA & IIIB, 1918 to 1924. From Yellowhead Pass Northerly. Ottawa: Office of the Surveyor General, 1925. Whyte Museum