| 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: | Head of Horsethief Creek, W of Invermere, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°26'59"N, 116°41'04"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82K/7 |
| Related Maps: |
82K/10 82K/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 9 June 1960 on 82K, as a long-established name. Coordinates adjusted 18 January 1971 on 82K/7 and 82K/10. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"In 1900, Thomas Starbird, a native of Massachusetts who became a Canadian citizen, settled on Horsethief Creek and for many years maintained the Mountain Valley ranch as a holiday resort. He was a mining-expert and, in his prospecting, discovered the glacier which bears his name, and also the Lake of the Hanging Glaciers - which he named Lake Maye in honor of his wife...." (The Purcell Range of British Columbia, by J. Monroe Thorington, American Alpine Club, New York, 1946, p.28). See also Starbird Ridge. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |