Mount Duchesnay

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Mount Duchesnay
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East aspect
Highest point
Elevation 2,927 m (9,603 ft) [1] [2]
Prominence 257 m (843 ft) [3]
Parent peak Mount Stephen (3200 m) [4]
Isolation 3.94 km (2.45 mi) [3]
Listing Mountains of British Columbia
Coordinates 51°21′25″N116°27′15″W / 51.35694°N 116.45417°W / 51.35694; -116.45417 [5]
Naming
Etymology Charles-Edmond Juchereau Duchesnay [6]
Geography
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Mount Duchesnay
Location in British Columbia
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Mount Duchesnay
Mount Duchesnay (Canada)
Country Canada
Province British Columbia
District Kootenay Land District
Protected area Yoho National Park
Parent range Bow Range
Park Ranges
Canadian Rockies
Topo map NTS 82N8 Lake Louise [5]
Geology
Age of rock Cambrian
Type of rock Sedimentary rock
Climbing
First ascent 1905 by Topographical Survey

Mount Duchesnay is a 2,927-metre (9,603-foot) summit in British Columbia, Canada.

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Description

Mount Duchesnay is located in Yoho National Park, in the Bow Range of the Canadian Rockies. Precipitation runoff from Mount Duchesnay drains into tributaries of the Kicking Horse River which is a tributary of the Columbia River. Mount Duchesnay is more notable for its steep rise above local terrain than for its absolute elevation as topographic relief is significant with the summit rising over 1,700 meters (5,577 ft) above the Kicking Horse Valley in less than 5 km (3.1 mi). The peak is visible from Highway 1 (the Trans-Canada Highway). [2] The nearest higher neighbor is Mount Stephen, 4.87 km (3.03 mi) to the north-northeast. [3]

History

At the suggestion of James Outram, the mountain was named in 1902 by David McNicoll (vice-president of Canadian Pacific Railway) to remember Charles-Edmond Juchereau Duchesnay (June 23, 1854 – September 4, 1901), Assistant General Superintendent of the railway's Western Division and son of Elzéar-Henri Juchereau Duchesnay. [1] [7] Duchesnay was killed by rockfall in a tunnel under construction near Spuzzum on September 4, 1901. [8] The first ascent of the mountain was made in 1905 by a topographical survey team. [2] The mountain's toponym was officially adopted on March 31, 1917, by the Geographical Names Board of Canada. [9]

Geology

Mount Duchesnay is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods. [10] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny. [11]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Duchesnay is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. [12] Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.

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