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Mount McHarg

Coordinates: 50°37′32″N 115°18′18″W / 50.62556°N 115.30500°W / 50.62556; -115.30500
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Mount McHarg
Mount McHarg is located in Alberta
Mount McHarg
Mount McHarg
Location on the Alberta–British Columbia border
Mount McHarg is located in British Columbia
Mount McHarg
Mount McHarg
Mount McHarg (British Columbia)
Highest point
Elevation2,888 m (9,475 ft)[1][2]
Prominence30 m (98 ft)[3]
Parent peakMount Worthington (2915 m)
Listing
Coordinates50°37′32″N 115°18′18″W / 50.62556°N 115.30500°W / 50.62556; -115.30500[4]
Geography
CountryCanada
ProvincesAlberta and British Columbia
DistrictKootenay Land District[5]
Parent rangeSpray Mountains[3]
Topo mapNTS 82J11 Kananaskis Lakes[4]

Mount McHarg is located in Height of the Rockies Provincial Park and straddles the Continental Divide marking the Alberta-British Columbia border.[5] It was named in 1918 after Lieutenant Colonel William Frederick Richard Hart-McHarg, British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own Rifles).[1] McHarg was a British Columbia lawyer who practised in Rossland, British Columbia before serving in the Boer War where he suffered near-fatal injuries. McHarg died in April 2015 while on a reconnaissance mission in World War I.[5] Vancouver's Georgia Viaduct was originally named McHarg Viaduct.[6]: 168 

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Mount McHarg". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  2. ^ "Topographic map of Mount McHarg". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  3. ^ a b "Mount McHarg". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  4. ^ a b "Mount McHarg (Alberta)". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  5. ^ a b c "Mount McHarg". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  6. ^ Akrigg, G.P.V.; Akrigg, Helen B. (1986), British Columbia Place Names (3rd, 1997 ed.), Vancouver: UBC Press, ISBN 0-7748-0636-2