| Feature Type: | Valley (1) - Long relatively narrow depression, commonly containing a river or other water feature. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Between Moose River and Resplendent Creek in Mount Robson Provincial Park, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°04'29"N, 118°54'04"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 83E/2 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 2 August 1956 on Jasper Park North Sheet, as labelled on 1911 map of Mount Robson area, to accompany report of the Alpine Club of Canada's expedition to that area (Canadian Alpine Journal, vol IV, 1912, p.24&25). Name submitted for use on BC-Alberta Boundary Sheet 31, 1923, and labelled on preliminary black line print of same, but omitted from published map. (file J.1.34) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1911 by A.O. Wheeler because of the number of hoary marmots (Arctomys Pruinosus) in the area. (Expedition to Jasper Park, Yellowhead Pass and Mount Robson, published in Canadian Alpine Journal, vol IV, 1912, p.24&25). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |