Pemberton Pass, , also formerly known as
Mosquito Pass, is the lowest point on the divide between the
Lillooet and
Fraser River drainages, located at
Birken, British Columbia,
Canada, in the principal valley connecting and between
Pemberton and
Lillooet. The pass is a steep-sided but flat-bottomed valley (or "
thalweg") adjacent to
Mount Birkenhead and forming a divide between Poole Creek, a tributary of the
Birkenhead River, which joins the Lillooet at
Lillooet Lake, and the
Gates River which flows northeast from
Gates Lake (also known as Birken Lake), at the summit of the pass (also known historically as Summit Lake or Gates Lake), which flows to the Fraser via
Anderson and
Seton Lakes and the
Seton River.