Mount Bess
Appearance
Mount Bess | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 3,203 m (10,509 ft)[1] |
Prominence | 618 m (2,028 ft)[2] |
Parent peak | Mount Chown (3316 m)[2] |
Listing | |
Coordinates | 53°20′59″N 119°22′38″W / 53.34972°N 119.37722°W[3] |
Geography | |
Country | Canada |
Provinces | Alberta and British Columbia |
Parent range | Front Ranges |
Topo map | NTS 83E6 Twintree Lake[3] |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1911 by J. Norman Collie, A.L. Mumm, J. Yates[1] |
Mount Bess is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia.[4] It is the 83rd highest peak in Alberta. It was named in 1910 by J. Norman Collie after Bessie Gunn, who accompanied Collie's expedition.[1][2][5][6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Mount Bess". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
- ^ a b c "Mount Bess". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
- ^ a b "Mount Bess (Alberta)". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
- ^ "Mount Bess". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
- ^ Boles, Glen W.; Laurilla, Roger W.; Putnam, William L. (2006). Canadian Mountain Place Names. Vancouver: Rocky Mountain Books. p. 42. ISBN 978-1-894765-79-4.
- ^ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 19.