Mount McCord

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Mount McCord
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Mount McCord
Location in Alberta
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Mount McCord
Location in British Columbia
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Mount McCord
Location in Canada
Highest point
Elevation 2,511 m (8,238 ft) [1] [2]
Prominence 217 m (712 ft) [3]
Parent peak Salient Mountain (2810 m) [3]
Listing
Coordinates 53°02′35″N118°40′03″W / 53.043055°N 118.6675°W / 53.043055; -118.6675 [4]
Geography
Country Canada
Provinces Alberta and British Columbia
District Cariboo Land District [5]
Protected areas
Parent range Park Ranges
Topo map NTS 83E2 Resplendent Creek [4]

Mount McCord is located at the northern end of Miette Pass, NE side of Mount Robson Provincial Park on the Continental Divide marking the Alberta-British Columbia border. [5] It was named in 1923 after W.C. McCord, a surveyor who led a Canadian Pacific Railway trail-making party in 1872. [5] [1] [3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Mount McCord". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
  2. ↑ "Topographic map of Mount McCord". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
  3. 1 2 3 "Mount McCord". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
  4. 1 2 "Mount McCord (Alberta)". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2023-08-21.
  5. 1 2 3 "Mount McCord". BC Geographical Names . Retrieved 2023-08-21.
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