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Mount Helmcken

Coordinates: 48°24′33″N 123°34′41″W / 48.40917°N 123.57806°W / 48.40917; -123.57806
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Mount Helmcken
Mount Helmcken is located in Vancouver Island
Mount Helmcken
Mount Helmcken
Mount Helmcken is located in British Columbia
Mount Helmcken
Mount Helmcken
Mount Helmcken (British Columbia)
Map
Location in
Highest point
Elevation328 m (1,076 ft)[1]
Prominence193 m (633 ft)[1]
Parent peakEmpress Mountain (682 m)[1]
ListingMountains of British Columbia
Coordinates48°24′33″N 123°34′41″W / 48.40917°N 123.57806°W / 48.40917; -123.57806[2]
Geography
LocationBritish Columbia, Canada
DistrictMetchosin Land District
Parent rangeVancouver Island Ranges[1]
Topo mapNTS 92B5 Sooke[2]

Mount Helmcken is a large hill in Metchosin, east of Sooke, in British Columbia, Canada. It is also just west of Colwood. The mountain is accessed via Neild Road which runs all the way to the top where it joins Zanita Heights.

The mountain is named for John S. Helmcken, a surgeon for the Hudson's Bay Company who opposed the province's entry into Confederation, preferring annexation by the United States.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Mount Helmcken". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
  2. ^ a b c "Mount Helmcken". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2021-06-25.