Forster 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: | Between heads of Howser and Forster Creeks, NW of Invermere, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°39'19"N, 116°36'11"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82K/10 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 29 July 1974 on 82K/NE, as identified in Canadian Alpine Journal vol XXXVI, 1953, p.91; named in association with Forster Creek. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |