Abbot 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-AB border, NE of Lake McArthur, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°21'59"N, 116°17'04"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82N/8 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted by the Geographic Board of Canada 30 June 1904. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1896 by Prof. Charles E. Fay, after Phillip Stanley Abbot of the Appalachian Mountain Club of Boston, who was killed in a fall from the summit of Mt. Lefroy, 3 August 1896. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |