White Man Pass
White Man Pass | ||
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Elevation 2,199 meters (7,215 ft) | | |
Location | East Kootenay, British Columbia, Canada | |
Range | Canadian Rockies | |
Coordinates | 50°46′58″N 115°30′08″W / 50.78278°N 115.50222°W |
White Man Pass is a mountain pass in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, Canada. It lies between Mount Currie and White Man Mountain on the Alberta-British Columbia border, at an elevation of 2,199 meters above the sea level.[1]
The first recorded venture through White Man Pass made by people of European descent was in 1801, when explorer Duncan McGillivray and David Thompson cross the Rockies through it.[2] The pass was used by James Sinclair to lead settlers into Red River Colony in 1841.[3][4]
References
- ^ "White Man Pass topographic map, elevation, terrain". Topographic maps. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
- ISBN 978-1-897522-80-6.
- ISBN 978-0-9782375-0-9.
- ^ Report of the Commission Appointed to Delimit the Boundary Between the Provinces of Alberta and British Columbia: From 1913 to 1916. Office of the Surveyor General. 1917. p. 141.