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Jumbo Glacier, British Columbia
Jumbo Glacier, also known as Jumbo, is a mountain resort municipality within the Regional District of East Kootenay in southeast British Columbia, Canada. It is approximately west of Invermere〔 near the Commander Glacier and around the headwaters of Jumbo Creek in the Purcell Range of the Columbia Mountains.〔GeoBC〕
Jumbo Glacier is planned to be a year-round skiing mountain resort developed in three phases at an estimated cost of $450 million.〔 The future resort development has been the subject of controversy as a result of public opposition from the residents of the region, the Lower Kootenay First Nation and the Sinixt Nation for political, economic, and environmental reasons.〔MacLeod: 2012〕〔(piq-s-mx-ikn - Jumbo Glacier )〕 It is the subject of the documentary, ''Jumbo Wild'', by Patagonia and Sweetgrass Productions.
== History ==
Jumbo Mountain and its glacier were named after a mining claim established on nearby Toby Creek in 1890. The stakeholders hoped it would be a large, productive mine, and named it after Jumbo, P. T. Barnum's popular performing elephant. Although the mine was productive for several years, it did not last into the 20th century.〔Boles, pg. 140〕
The idea of developing a recreational resort in the Jumbo Valley was first presented to the British Columbia government in 1990 by a consortium of investors called Glacier Resorts Ltd.〔CBC〕 In 1993, the proposal was approved for further consultation and review, including preparation of environmental impact assessments. These were not completed until 2004. The same year, representatives from the Ktunaxa Nation went public with concerns about the proposal, specifically about its impact on grizzly bears and other wildlife. Opposition to the project grew, resulting in a 2010 protest in Victoria, the provincial capital.〔 The proposal process continued, and over the next two years final approvals were granted. A letters patent to incorporate Jumbo Glacier as a municipality was approved by order in council on November 19, 2012.〔 Its formal date of incorporation was February 19, 2013.〔
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