Mist Glacier
| Feature Type: | Glacier - Mass of permanent snow and ice flowing from an area of snow accumulation on higher ground. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | S side of Halia Mountain, W of Columbia Reach Kinbasket Lake, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°52'29"N, 118°07'00"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82M/16 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 29 March 1973 on 82M as a well-established name in climbing circles, and as identified in climbing literature. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Misspelled "Misty Glacier" on federal 1:50 000 map 82M/16. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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"Mist Glacier [was] so-named on account of the circumstances of our first visit." (Canadian Alpine Journal, Vol XXXIV, 1951, p.50.) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |