Mount Good Hope
| Mount Good Hope | |
|---|---|
Canada highest major peaks 57th | |
| Coordinates | 51°08′33″N 124°10′18″W / 51.14250°N 124.17167°W[2] |
| Geography | |
  Mount Good Hope | |
| District | Range 2 Coast Land District |
| Parent range | Pacific Ranges |
| Topo map | NTS 92N1 Chilko Mountain[2] |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1922 by R. Bishop and G. Durham[3] |
| Easiest route | rock/ice climb |
Officially Good Hope Mountain but commonly known as Mount Good Hope is one of the principal summits of the
Chilko Lake
, with the highest peak on the massif rising between the lake's southern arms.
West of Mount Good Hope is the upper valley of the
Chilko Lake, and north of the Homathko Icefield, is a ridge crowned by Mount Queen Bess
.
Its name is not directly from the Cape of Good Hope but rather from a ship named for it, the armoured cruiser HMS Good Hope which sank off the coast of Chile in the Battle of Coronel, November 1, 1914.[3] Other summits within the same massif also carry ship names from World War I, such as Glasgow and Dawn Treader.
See also
- Mountain peaks of Canada
- Mountain peaks of North America
Chilko Lake upper right, Mount Farrow
lower right)References
- ^ a b "Good Hope Mountain". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
- ^ a b "Good Hope Mountain". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
- ^ a b "Good Hope Mountain". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2021-05-11.