Carcajou Pass
| Feature Type: | Pass (2) - Low opening in a mountain range or hills, offering a route from one side to the other. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | On BC-Alberta boundary, N end Mount Robson Provincial Park, N of Valemount, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°13'59"N, 119°16'04"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 83E/3 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Carcajou Pass adopted 13 January 1925 on BC-Alberta boundary sheet 33, not Wolverine Pass as labelled on BC map 3H, 1919 & 1923. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Carcajou is the French word for wolverine. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |