Alberta-BC boundary. Mount
Fraser and Smoky drainages
Alta-BC boundary, near headwaters of Renshaw and Beaverdam creeks
53.535 N 119.8989 W — Map 083E12 — Google — GeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1925
Official in BC – Canada
Fraser and Smoky drainages
Alta-BC boundary, near headwaters of Renshaw and Beaverdam creeks
53.535 N 119.8989 W — Map 083E12 — Google — GeoHack
Name officially adopted in 1925
Official in BC – Canada
Frederick Arthur Pauline [1861-1955] was the new Agent-General for British Columbia at the time of this mountain’s naming in 1925. The mountain was formerly known as “Curly Mountain”, after Donald “Curly” Phillips (see Chetang Ridge), a local guide, but the present name was chosen to avoid duplication.
Adopted as labelled on BC-Alberta boundary sheets 35 & 36, 1923, and identified in BC-Alberta boundary Report, Part III, p. 40. Geodetic station “Curly” was established here. “Mount Pauline (not Curly Mtn)” identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer.
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
- Karamitsanis, Aphrodite. Place names of Alberta. Volume 1: Mountains, Mountain Parks and Foothills. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 1991
- British Columbia Geographical Names. Mount Pauline