Allison Pass, elevation 1,352 m, is located at kilometre 60, the highest point on the Hope-Princeton Highway (opened 1949) through the Cascade Mountains of southern British Columbia. It was named for John Fall Allison. Allison was commissioned by Governor J. Douglas in about 1860 to inspect gold strikes on the Similkameen River. He returned to report finding a new low pass between the Skagit and Similkameen rivers. Allison mined near Hope and was later a pioneer rancher in the Princeton area. Manning Provincial Park headquarters is situated 9 km east of the pass.
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- Boles, Glen. "Allison Pass". The Canadian Encyclopedia, 08 January 2016, Historica Canada. www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/allison-pass. Accessed 29 September 2023.
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- Boles, G. (2016). Allison Pass. In The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/allison-pass
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- Boles, Glen. "Allison Pass." The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. Article published February 06, 2006; Last Edited January 08, 2016.
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Allison Pass
Article by Glen Boles
Published Online February 6, 2006
Last Edited January 8, 2016
Allison Pass, elevation 1,352 metres, is located at kilometre 60, the highest point on the Hope-Princeton Highway (opened 1949) through the Cascade Mountains of southern British Columbia.