Chilkat Glacier
| 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: | On BC-Alaska boundary, SW of Primrose River, Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 59°42'59"N, 135°45'07"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 104M/12 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 5 December 1922 as submitted by J.D.Craig, International Boundary Survey, in association with Chilkat River. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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This may be the "Leslie Glacier" named in 1890 by the Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper expedition. Source: Dictionary of Alaska Place Names, Geological Survey Professional Paper 567; US Department of Interior, Washington, 1967 |