Moat Pass

Alberta-BC boundary. Pass
Headwaters of Tonquin Creek and Moat Creek
52.7333 N 118.3333 W — Map 083D09 — GoogleGeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1956
Official in BCCanada

“Your Commissioners suggest that the name of Moat Passage should be given to the lower summit of Tonquin Pass, in reference to Moat Lake, a pretty sheet of water, one mile long, which approaches within a few chains of the summit on the Alberta side.”

The Commissioners were Arthur Oliver Wheeler [1860–1945] and Richard William Cautley [1873–1953] of the Alberta-British Columbia Boundary Commission in 1921.

References:

  • Wheeler, Arthur Oliver [1860–1945], and Cautley, Richard William [1873–1953]. 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
  • Wheeler, Arthur Oliver [1860–1945], and Cautley, Richard William [1873–1953]. Report of the Commission Appointed to Delimit the Boundary between the Provinces of Alberta and British Columbia. Part iii-a. topographical surveys of the watershed. 1922, 1923, 1924. Ottawa: Office of the Surveyor General, 1925. Whyte Museum

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