Mount Burgess
Mount Burgess | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,599 m (8,527 ft)[1][2] |
Prominence | 418 m (1,371 ft)[3] |
Parent peak | Mount Field (2642 m)[3] |
Listing | Mountains of British Columbia |
Coordinates | 51°25′12″N 116°30′19″W / 51.42000°N 116.50528°W[4] |
Geography | |
District | Kootenay Land District |
Parent range | President Range |
Topo map | NTS 82N7 Golden[4] |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1892 by James J. McArthur and H. Tuzo[2][3] |
Easiest route | Scramble[5] |
Mount Burgess, 2,599 m (8,527 ft), is a mountain in Yoho National Park and is part of the President Range in the Canadian Rockies. It is located in the southwest buttress of Burgess Pass in the Emerald River and Kicking Horse River Valleys.
History
It was named in 1886 by astronomer Otto Klotz after Alexander MacKinnon Burgess, the Deputy Minister of the Interior at the time when Klotz worked for a railway construction.[2]
In 1892, James J. McArthur was the first to ascend this mountain.[6] He was completing a survey of the lands adjacent to the Canadian Pacific Railway.
In 1909, geologist
The mountain has two summits. The lower north summit was named Walcott Peak in his honour.
Between 1954 and 1971, Mount Burgess was featured on the back of the Canadian ten-dollar bill.[7]
In 1984, UNESCO declared the area a World Heritage Site.[8]
See also
References
- ISBN 1-895526-15-9. Archived from the originalon 2019-06-09. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
- ^ a b c "Mount Burgess". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
- ^ a b c "Mount Burgess". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2008-12-22.
- ^ a b "Mount Burgess". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2010-11-13.
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Kane, Alan (1999). "Mount Burgess". ISBN 0-921102-67-4.
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Thorington, J. Monroe (1966) [1921]. "Kicking Horse Pass to Howse Pass". A Climber's Guide to the Rocky Mountains of Canada. With the collaboration of Putnam, William Lowell (6th ed.). ISBN 978-1376169003.
- ^ "1954: The Canadian Landscape Series". Bank of Canada Museum. Retrieved 2019-10-09.
- ^ "Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks". UNESCO. Retrieved 2019-10-09.
External links
- "Mount Burgess". Peakware.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.