| Sinclair Pass | |
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 View to the south-east from the viewpoint near Sinclair Pass | |
| Elevation | 1,486 m (4,875 ft) |
| Traversed by |  Highway 93 (Banff-Windermere Highway) |
| Location | British Columbia,Canada |
| Range | Kootenay Ranges,Canadian Rockies |
| Coordinates | 50°40′24″N115°56′8″W / 50.67333°N 115.93556°W /50.67333; -115.93556 |
| Topo map | NTS82J12Tangle Peak |
  Location in British Columbia | |
Sinclair Pass (el. 1,486 m or 4,875 ft) is a highmountain pass inKootenay National Park between theColumbia andKootenay Rivers to the northeast of present-dayRadium Hot Springs[1] in the province ofBritish Columbia,Canada.
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It was named afterJames Sinclair, afur trading merchant fromRed River colony. In 1841, under the guidance of Cree chiefMaskepetoon,[2] Sinclair travelled through the pass while leading an expedition consisting of 121 people from 23Métis families fromRed River Colony.[3] They were hired by thePugets Sound Agricultural Company to settle outsideCowlitz Farm andFort Nisqually in modernWashington state. This was an attempt to get the northern bank of theColumbia River awarded to theUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in any potential settlement in theOregon boundary dispute.[4]
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