Mount Helmcken

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Mount Helmcken
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Mount Helmcken
Mount Helmcken (British Columbia)
Mount Helmcken
Location in
Highest point
Elevation 328 m (1,076 ft) [1]
Prominence 193 m (633 ft) [1]
Parent peak Empress Mountain (682 m) [1]
Listing Mountains of British Columbia
Coordinates 48°24′33″N123°34′41″W / 48.40917°N 123.57806°W / 48.40917; -123.57806 [2]
Geography
Location British Columbia, Canada
DistrictMetchosin Land District
Parent range Vancouver Island Ranges [1]
Topo map NTS   92B5 Sooke [2]

Mount Helmcken is a large hill in Metchosin, east of Sooke, in British Columbia, Canada. It is also just west of Colwood. The mountain is accessed via Neild Road which runs all the way to the top where it joins Zanita Heights.

The mountain is named for John S. Helmcken, a surgeon for the Hudson's Bay Company who opposed the province's entry into Confederation, preferring annexation by the United States. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Mount Helmcken". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
  2. 1 2 3 "Mount Helmcken". BC Geographical Names . Retrieved 2021-06-25.
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