Grays Peak | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,753 m (9,032 ft) [1] |
Prominence | 223 m (732 ft) [1] |
Coordinates | 49°43′36″N117°07′28″W / 49.72667°N 117.12444°W [2] |
Geography | |
Location | British Columbia, Canada |
District | Kootenay Land District |
Parent range | Kokanee Range |
Topo map | NTS 82F11 Kokanee Peak |
Grays Peak is a mountain in southeast British Columbia, Canada. [3] It is located in Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park in the Kootenays, [2] and is best known for being the mountain pictured on the label of Kokanee beer. [1]
Grays Peak is located at the south end of Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park, between the headwaters of Kokanee Creek and Coffee Creek. [3]
Grays Peak was named after brothers John Balfour Gray and Robert Hampton Gray (VC), who were born in Trail, BC, and grew up in Nelson, BC. Both brothers were killed in WWII. The name was adopted by the Geographic Board of Canada on 12 March 1946. [3]
Mount Garibaldi is a dormant stratovolcano in the Garibaldi Ranges of the Pacific Ranges in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It has a maximum elevation of 2,678 metres and rises above the surrounding landscape on the east side of the Cheakamus River in New Westminster Land District. In addition to the main peak, Mount Garibaldi has two named sub-peaks. Atwell Peak is a sharp, conical peak slightly higher than the more rounded peak of Dalton Dome. Both were volcanically active at different times throughout Mount Garibaldi's eruptive history. The northern and eastern flanks of Mount Garibaldi are obscured by the Garibaldi Névé, a large snowfield containing several radiating glaciers. Flowing from the steep western face of Mount Garibaldi is the Cheekye River, a tributary of the Cheakamus River. Opal Cone on the southeastern flank is a small volcanic cone from which a lengthy lava flow descends. The western face is a landslide feature that formed in a series of collapses between 12,800 and 11,500 years ago. These collapses resulted in the formation of a large debris flow deposit that fans out into the Squamish Valley.
Robert Hampton "Hammy" Gray,, RCNVR was a Canadian naval officer, pilot, and recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC) during World War II, one of only two members of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm to have been thus decorated in that war. Gray is the second to last Canadian to be awarded the Victoria Cross.
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