| Language of origin |
English 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: |
On BC-Alberta boundary at head of Fording River, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: |
50°19'09"N, 114°47'19"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: |
WGS84 |
| NTS Map: |
82J/7 |
Origin Notes and History:
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Identified as Fording Pass in Alberta Place Names, 1928. Name changed to Fording River Pass 23 November 1978, as originally identified on BC-Alberta Boundary sheet # 7, 1917.
Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff.
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