Mount Bess

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Mount Bess
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Mount Bess viewed from Chown Creek
Highest point
Elevation 3,203 m (10,509 ft) [1]
Prominence 618 m (2,028 ft) [2]
Parent peak Mount Chown (3316 m) [2]
Listing
Coordinates 53°20′59″N119°22′38″W / 53.34972°N 119.37722°W / 53.34972; -119.37722 [3]
Geography
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Mount Bess
Location in Alberta
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Mount Bess
Location in British Columbia
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Mount Bess
Location in Canada
Country Canada
Provinces Alberta and British Columbia
Parent range Front Ranges
Topo map NTS 83E6 Twintree Lake [3]
Climbing
First ascent 1911 by J. Norman Collie, A.L. Mumm, J. Yates [1]

Mount Bess is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia. [4] It is the 83rd highest peak in Alberta. It was named in 1910 by J. Norman Collie after Bessie Gunn, who accompanied Collie's expedition. [1] [2] [5] [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Mount Bess". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
  2. 1 2 3 "Mount Bess". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  3. 1 2 "Mount Bess (Alberta)". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  4. "Mount Bess". BC Geographical Names . Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  5. Boles, Glen W.; Laurilla, Roger W.; Putnam, William L. (2006). Canadian Mountain Place Names . Vancouver: Rocky Mountain Books. p.  42. ISBN   978-1-894765-79-4.
  6. Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 19.