Holway Glacier

British Columbia. glacier: Fraser River drainage
Former name of Tête Glacier
Not currently an official name.

Between 1914 and 1916, Professor E. W. D. Holway (1853–1923) of the University of Minnesota, with Andrew J. Gilmour (1871–1941) of New York, explored the southern Selkirks, the region about Mount Edith Cavell, the area north of Mount Whitehorn, and the Cariboo Mountains near Tête Jaune Cache. Theirs was the first mountaineering expedition into the Cariboos, but continuous bad weather prevented any serious climbing

References:

  • Holway, Edward Willet Dorland [1853–1923]. “The Cariboo Mountains.” Canadian Alpine Journal, 8 (1917):36-39. Alpine Club of Canada

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