Mount McHarg

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Mount McHarg
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Mount McHarg
Location in Alberta
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Mount McHarg
Location in British Columbia
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Mount McHarg
Location in Canada
Highest point
Elevation 2,888 m (9,475 ft) [1] [2]
Prominence 30 m (98 ft) [3]
Parent peak Mount Worthington (2915 m)
Listing
Coordinates 50°37′32″N115°18′18″W / 50.62556°N 115.30500°W / 50.62556; -115.30500 [4]
Geography
Country Canada
Provinces Alberta and British Columbia
DistrictKootenay Land District [5]
Parent range Spray Mountains [3]
Topo map NTS 82J11 Kananaskis Lakes [4]

Mount McHarg is located in Height of the Rockies Provincial Park and straddles the Continental Divide marking the Alberta-British Columbia border. [5] It was named in 1918 after Lieutenant Colonel William Frederick Richard Hart-McHarg, British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own Rifles). [1] McHarg was a British Columbia lawyer who practised in Rossland, British Columbia before serving in the Boer War where he suffered near-fatal injuries. McHarg died in April 2015 while on a reconnaissance mission in World War I. [5] Vancouver's Georgia Viaduct was originally named McHarg Viaduct. [6] :168

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References

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  2. "Topographic map of Mount McHarg". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  3. 1 2 "Mount McHarg". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  4. 1 2 "Mount McHarg (Alberta)". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  5. 1 2 3 "Mount McHarg". BC Geographical Names . Retrieved 2023-12-08.
  6. Akrigg, G.P.V.; Akrigg, Helen B. (1986), British Columbia Place Names (3rd, 1997 ed.), Vancouver: UBC Press, ISBN   0-7748-0636-2