Mount McCord
Appearance
Mount McCord | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,511 m (8,238 ft)[1][2] |
Prominence | 217 m (712 ft)[3] |
Parent peak | Salient Mountain (2810 m)[3] |
Listing | |
Coordinates | 53°02′35″N 118°40′03″W / 53.043055°N 118.6675°W[4] |
Geography | |
Country | Canada |
Provinces | Alberta and British Columbia |
District | Cariboo Land District[5] |
Protected areas | |
Parent range | Park Ranges |
Topo map | NTS 83E2 Resplendent Creek[4] |
Mount McCord is located at the northern end of Miette Pass, NE side of Mount Robson Provincial Park on the Continental Divide marking the Alberta-British Columbia border.[5] It was named in 1923 after W.C. McCord, a surveyor who led a Canadian Pacific Railway trail-making party in 1872.[5][1][3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Mount McCord". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
- ^ "Topographic map of Mount McCord". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
- ^ a b c "Mount McCord". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
- ^ a b "Mount McCord (Alberta)". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
- ^ a b c "Mount McCord". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2023-08-21.