| Language of origin |
Latin language
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| 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: |
W of Carnlick Creek in the Ilgachuz Range, N of Anahim Lake, Range 3 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: |
52°45'17"N, 125°18'52"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: |
WGS84 |
| NTS Map: |
93C/14 |
Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 15 December 1976 on 93C.
Source: BC place name cards, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff.
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Named by Roy Taylor, UBC Botanical Gardens, "because of the occurrence in the pass of the distinctive and locally-abundant arctic grass species Festuca altaica."
Source: BC place name cards, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff.
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