White Man Pass Explained

White Man Pass
Map:British Columbia#Canada
Coordinates:50.7828°N -115.5022°W
Elevation:2199meter
Location:East Kootenay, British Columbia, Canada
Range:Canadian Rockies

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: White Man Pass topographic map, elevation, terrain . 2023-06-23 . Topographic maps . en.
  2. Book: Sanford . Emerson . Historic Hikes Around Mount Assiniboine & in Kananaskis Country . Beck . Janice Sanford . 2010 . Rocky Mountain Books Ltd . 978-1-897522-80-6 . en.
  3. Book: Patton . Brian . Canadian Rockies Trail Guide . Robinson . Bart . 2011-03-31 . Summerthought Publishing . 978-0-9782375-0-9 . 158 . en.
  4. Book: Report of the Commission Appointed to Delimit the Boundary Between the Provinces of Alberta and British Columbia: From 1913 to 1916 . 1917 . Office of the Surveyor General . 141 . en.