Alberta-BC boundary. Ridge
Between Snowbird Pass and Lynx Mountain
53.1342 N 119.0486 W — Map 083E03 — Google — GeoHack
Earliest known reference to this name is 1912 (Walcott)
Name officially adopted in 1924
Official in BC – Topo map from Canadian Geographical Names
Between Snowbird Pass and Lynx Mountain
53.1342 N 119.0486 W — Map 083E03 — Google — GeoHack
Earliest known reference to this name is 1912 (Walcott)
Name officially adopted in 1924
Official in BC – Topo map from Canadian Geographical Names
This ridge appears on:
Boundary Commission Sheet 32 (surveyed in 1922 and 1924)
Boundary Commission Sheet 32 (surveyed in 1922 and 1924)
“Chushina” is a Stoney word signifying “small” and was thought to be descriptive of this ridge when members of a 1911 Alpine Club of Canada–Smithsonian Robson Expedition named this feature.
[From the crest of Phillips Mountain] a glacier slopes down for a mile and a half to the edge of the cliffs west of Snowbird Pass. It is such a fine example of a small and complete glacier from névé to foot that I think it worthy of the name Chushina.
Walcott applied his name to the glacier, but now it applies to the ridge.
“Chushina Ridge” is listed at Indigenous Geographical Names dataset as a word of undetermined language.
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References:
- 1. Walcott, Charles Doolittle [1850–1927]. “The Monarch of the Canadian Rockies.” National Geographic Magazine, (1913):626. Internet Archive [accessed 2 April 2025]