| 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 North Canoe and David Glaciers on the N side of Mount Sir John Thompson in the Premier Range, SW of Valemount, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 52°45'59"N, 119°43'04"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 83D/13 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 31 May 1963 on 83D/13 as identified in Canadian Alpine Journal vol XV, 1925, p.130, and on 1949 sketch by A.C. Fabergé, published in CAJ vol XXXIII, 1950, p.51. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1924 by the Carpe-Chamberlin climbing party, in the mistaken belief that this pass was the true source of the North Thompson River, at the same time proposing that the nearby mountain and glacier be named Mount David Thompson and David Glacier (see Don Munday's explanation and sketch map in CAJ vol XV, 1925, pp.129-133). [the mountain was subsequently renamed Mount Sir John Thompson after Canada's 5th Prime Minister, John Sparrow David Thompson; the names David Pass and David Glacier, given in 1924, were retained.] Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |