Avalanche 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: | On BC-Alberta boundary, NE of McBride, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°36'59"N, 119°54'04"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 83E/12 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 13 January 1925 on BC-Alberta boundary sheet # 36. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"The name is taken from the Jobe-Phillips map. The direction of the pass is NW and SE and the altitude 5195 feet above sea level..." (BC-Alberta Boundary Report, Part III, p.41) [the map referred to was drawn by Don Phillips, Miss Jobe's guide on her 1914 expedition, and published by the American Geographical Society, vol XLVII, No.7, 1915.] Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |