Fetherstonhaugh Pass

Alberta-BC boundary. Pass
Fraser River and Smoky River drainages
Headwaters of Morkill River and Fetherstonhaugh Creek
53.7133 N 119.8522 W — Map 083E12 — GoogleGeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1930
Official in BCCanada

W. S. Fetherstonhaugh, a divisional engineer with the Canadian Northern Railway in Calgary, surveyed in the area in 1906 and 1907. The feature was named by the Alberta-British Columbia Boundary Commission in 1923.

In October [1924], discussions [the Geographic Board of Canada] started regarding new names for the mountains on which the Geodetic Survey established stations. The mountain on which Lambart had a station named for his son, Arthur, was changed to Going Mountain, named for a Grand Trunk Pacific engineer who had worked in the area. Then it was changed to Fetherstonhaugh, named for another railway engineer who had worked in the area. Arthur soon received a third name change. “As Arthur peak is more outstanding than Boyd the Board would prefer that the name Côté [a senator from Edmonton] be applied to it and the name Fetherstonhaugh be transferred to Boyd.” A nearby pass was also named Fetherstonhaugh.

— Sherwood

Howard Frederick John Lambart [1880–1946], Dominion Land Surveyor, was head of the survey of the Jasper National Park North Boundary.

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
  • Geographical Names Secretariat. Energy, Mines and Resouces Canada, Ottawa.
  • Sherwood, Jay. Surveying the 120th Meridian and the Great Divide: The Alberta/BC Boundary Survey, 1918–1924. Qualicum Beach, BC: Caitlin Press, 2019
  • British Columbia Geographical Names. Fetherstonhaugh Pass

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