Mount McCord | |
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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 [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]
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