British Kutanie Pass
| Feature Type: | Pass (2) - Low opening in a mountain range or hills, offering a route from one side to the other. |
| Status: |
Not official
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| Relative Location: | Straddles BC-Alberta boundary on Hwy 3, NE of Fernie, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°37'59"N, 114°41'03"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82G/10 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Captain Palliser, the first white man to learn of the pass, referred to it at times as the 'British Kutanie pass'. His 1860 map labelled this as Crow Nest river and pass. Source: Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; British Columbia Place Names; Sono Nis Press, Victoria 1986 /or University of British Columbia Press 1997 |