Jumbo Glacier, British Columbia

Coordinates: 50°24′30″N 116°34′00″W / 50.40833°N 116.56667°W / 50.40833; -116.56667
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Jumbo Glacier
Former
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WaterwaysJumbo Creek
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Jumbo Glacier, also known as Jumbo, was a

Invermere[3] near the Commander Glacier and around the headwaters of Jumbo Creek in the Purcell Range of the Columbia Mountains
.

Jumbo Glacier was planned to be a year-round skiing

Patagonia and Sweetgrass Productions.[6]

In January 2020, a plan to designate the area as an Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area was revealed instead and the remaining interest of the company formed to develop the ski resort was bought out, ultimately cancelling the development of the resort. The Government of British Columbia dissolved the Jumbo Glacier Mountain Resort Municipality on December 13, 2021.

History

Jumbo Mountain and its glacier were named after a mining claim established on nearby Toby Creek in 1890. The stakeholders hoped it would be a large, productive mine, and named it after Jumbo, P. T. Barnum's popular performing elephant. Although the mine was productive for several years, it did not last into the 20th century.[7]

The idea of developing a recreational resort in the Jumbo Valley was first presented to the

order in council on November 19, 2012.[9] Its formal date of incorporation was February 19, 2013.[9] The letters patent were revoked on December 13, 2021, dissolving the Jumbo Glacier Mountain Resort Municipality.[2]

Government

The Government of British Columbia appointed Jumbo Glacier's first municipal council for a term beginning February 19, 2013, its official incorporation date, and ending November 30, 2014, at which point local governance will align with the province's general municipal election cycle. Despite not yet having any residents, the first municipal council consisted of a mayor, Greg Deck of

Invermere. Phil Taylor of Golden was appointed the municipality's interim chief officer to serve in advance of the official incorporation date until the first municipal council meeting.[3][10]

Proposed development

The approved resort proposal would have involved over $450 million in new construction and a major new road into the remote area. Pheidias Project Management Corporation of Vancouver headed the development plans. The new resort was planned to include 1,360 residential units, two hotels, 23 lifts and gondolas, and a village centre with retail stores and amenities.[11] Construction was planned to be completed by 2015,[11] but the environmental assessment certificate expired before construction had begun.[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ GeoBC
  2. ^ a b "Province of British Columbia Order of the Lieutenant Governor in Council No. 699/2021". Province of British Columbia. December 13, 2021. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
  3. ^ a b c Government of British Columbia: 2012
  4. ^ MacLeod: 2012
  5. ^ piq-s-mx-ikn - Jumbo Glacier
  6. ^ "Keep Jumbo Wild - Patagonia.com". Patagonia. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
  7. ^ Boles, pg. 140
  8. ^ a b CBC
  9. ^ a b "Resume of Orders in Council: Volume 39, Number 21 (Order in Council 760)". British Columbia Queen's Printer. Retrieved January 30, 2013.
  10. ^ Rooney
  11. ^ a b ESPN
  12. ^ "Controversial Jumbo Glacier resort 'not substantially started' in B.C." CBC. June 18, 2015. Retrieved December 30, 2021.

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