| 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: | SW of Mount Sir Richard in Garibaldi Provincial Park, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°55'34"N, 122°48'09"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/15 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 3 July 1963 on 92G, as well-known by local climbers. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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"This name is suitably descriptive for the action of the glacier in shaping the local terrain." (1963 information from Geological Survey of Canada, file V.2.50) Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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CGNDB entry: "Some refer to it this as Isocoles Glacier." [no attribution is cited in CGNDB and the accuracy of this note is questioned; this alternate name is not recorded in BC files **note that Isocoles Glacier is actually 4 miles west of here, flowing northward off Isocoles Peak at the head of Isocoles Creek.] Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |