Feature Type: | Glacier - Mass of permanent snow and ice flowing from an area of snow accumulation on higher ground. |
Status: |
Official
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Name Authority: |
BC Geographical Names Office |
Relative Location: |
S of junction of Horsethief and Farnham Creeks, W of Invermere, Kootenay Land District |
Latitude-Longitude: |
50°25'27"N, 116°33'58"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
Datum: |
WGS84 |
NTS Map: |
82K/7 |
Origin Notes and History:
Adopted 17 July 1962 on 82K/7, as well-established in the mountaineering community, and as labelled on 1911 map "Portion of the Watersheds of Toby & Horsethief Creeks" by G.D. Emerson & E.W.Harden (published in Canadian Alpine Journal, vol 1V, 1912, opp/p.98).
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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Named in association with Jumbo Peak [sic] and Jumbo Fork of Toby Creek (since re-named Jumbo Creek), in turn referring to the Jumbo Mineral Claim, Crown Granted in 1892 according to BC Mines Annual Report, 1896.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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