Allison Pass (el. ) is a highway summit along the
Crowsnest Highway in
British Columbia,
Canada. It is the highest point on the highway between the cities of
Hope
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and
Princeton. It is located in the middle of
Manning Park, at the divide between the
Skagit &
Similkameen River drainages (and thus the watersheds of the
Salish Sea and the
Columbia River
The Columbia River (Upper Chinook: ' or '; Sahaptin: ''Nch’i-Wàna'' or ''Nchi wana''; Sinixt dialect'' '') is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The river rises in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia, C ...
), as well as on the boundary between the
Fraser Valley and
Okanagan-Similkameen Regional Districts, approximately west of the Manning Resort and from Hope. The Skagit originates at the pass while the Similkameen originates just north of it.
Cyclists and motorists alike find this stretch of road difficult because of the steep grades and high altitudes. On the way from Hope to Allison Pass, one must ascend the 7% (1 in 14) grades up to the
Hope Slide before one can start up to Allison Pass, leaving many trucks waiting at the side of the road for their engines to cool down.
History
The pass was named after
John Fall Allison
John Fall Allison (1825–1897) was a pioneer settler, Justice of the Peace, Postmaster and Gold Commissioner in the Similkameen Country of the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada.
Life and career
Allison was born in Leeds in West Y ...
, a rancher living in Princeton.
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References
External links
Mountain passes of British Columbia
Similkameen Country
Canadian Cascades
Mountain passes of the North Cascades
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