Leather Peak
| Feature Type: | Peak (2) - Summit of a mountain or hill, or the mountain or hill itself. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | On BC-Alberta boundary just N of Yellowhead Lake in Mount Robson Provincial Park, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°52'51"N, 118°36'56"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 83D/15 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Decision in 18th Report. Old name of Yellowhead Pass. File 0374. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |
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"Other names [for Yellowhead Pass] noted in the literature include Cowdung Pass, Leatherhead Pass, Jasper Pass, Jasper House Pass, Tête Jaune Passe, and Rocky Mountain Pass...". (early map/document dates not cited) Source: Rayburn, Alan; "Naming Canada: stories about place names from Canadian Geographic"; University of Toronto Press, 1994. |