Mount Victoria (British Columbia)

Mount Victoria
Highest point
Elevation 2,088 m (6,850 ft)[1]
Prominence 227 m (745 ft)[1]
Coordinates 50°15′00″N 123°59′00″W / 50.25000°N 123.98333°W / 50.25000; -123.98333
Geography
Location At head of Queens Reach, Jervis Inlet, Lillooet Land District, British Columbia, Canada
Parent range Pacific Ranges
Topo map NTS 92J4

Mount Victoria is a mountain located above Queens Reach of Jervis Inlet within the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains of British Columbia Canada. The mountain was named during the 1860 survey by HMS Plumper who charted all of the known area and named the mountain after HRH Princess Beatrice Mary Victoria “baby” who was the ninth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.[2]

The first ascent of Mount Victoria was made in 1929 by Arthur Tinniswood Dalton and Percy Williams Easthope.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia
  2. Hitz, Charles W.(2003). Through the Rapids - The History of Princess Louisa Inlet, p.54. Sitka 2 Publishing., Kirkland, WA. ISBN 0-9720255-0-2.
  3. http://bivouac.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=909


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