McGillivray 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: | Head of McGillivray Creek, W of Anderson Lake, Lillooet Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°40'59"N, 122°36'04"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92J/10 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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"McGillivray Creek, Mountain and Pass (not McGillvray)" adopted in the 10th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada 30 June 1911. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named after a miner (1911 advice from Caspar Phair, Gold Commissioner for Lillooet District, 1902). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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McGillivray & McDonald, placer miners. James McGilvery [sic] early trail builder ? Source: Provincial Archives of BC "Place Names File" compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions |