Bruins 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: | Just W of Rogers Pass in Glacier National Park, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°17'57"N, 117°35'14"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82N/5 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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"Bruins Pass (not Bruin's Pass)" adopted in the 6th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 30 June 1906. Re-approved 8 September 1932 on 82N/SW. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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So-named because of proximity to Bear Creek [since renamed Connaught Creek]; also Ursus Major Mountain, Ursus Minor Mountain, Grizzly Mountain, Balu Pass.... Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |