Asulkan Glacier
| Language of origin | Salishan language family Secwepemctsín language |
| 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: | N of head of Incomappleux River, SE of Rogers Pass in Glacier National Park, Kootenay Land District |
| Tags: | Indigenous |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°12'23"N, 117°27'22"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82N/3 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in the 5th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 30 June 1904 as labelled on early mountaineering maps. (see reproductions that accompany The Selkirk Range, by A.O. Wheeler, 1905, vol 2.) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Asulkan Pass, Glacier, Falls, Brook named in 1888 by Rev. W.S. Green (The Selkirk Mountains, by A.O. Wheeler, 1905) Source: included with note |
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Named by Rev. W.S. Green in 1888; the Shuswap word for "wild goat". Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |