Feature Type: | Pass (2) - Low opening in a mountain range or hills, offering a route from one side to the other. |
Status: |
Official
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Name Authority: |
BC Geographical Names Office |
Relative Location: |
NW side of Bastille Mountain, between Jumbo and Glacier Creek watersheds, W of Invermere, Kootenay Land District |
Latitude-Longitude: |
50°21'59"N, 116°37'03"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
Datum: |
WGS84 |
NTS Map: |
82K/7 |
Origin Notes and History:
Adopted 9 June 1960 on 82K, as labelled on BC Lands' map 4F, 1947.
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 Creek, Mountain and Glacier, 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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