Mount McPhail | |
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![]() East aspect | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,886 m (9,469 ft) [1] [2] |
Prominence | 681 m (2,234 ft) [2] |
Parent peak | Mount Rae (3218 m) [2] |
Listing | |
Coordinates | 50°24′29″N114°51′40″W / 50.40806°N 114.86111°W [3] |
Geography | |
Country | Canada |
Provinces | Alberta and British Columbia |
Parent range | Elk Range |
Topo map | NTS 82J7 Mount Head [3] |
Mount McPhail is a mountain located in the Elk Range of the Park Ranges of the Canadian Rockies and stands astride the British Columbia-Alberta border, which follows the Continental Divide in this area. The mountain was named in 1918 after Norman R. McPhail, a Canadian soldier who was killed in action during World War I. [1] [2] [3]
The Canadian Rockies or Canadian Rocky Mountains, comprising both the Alberta Rockies and the British Columbian Rockies, is the Canadian segment of the North American Rocky Mountains. It is the easternmost part of the Canadian Cordillera, which is the northern segment of the North American Cordillera, the expansive system of interconnected mountain ranges between the Interior Plains and the Pacific Coast that runs northwest–southeast from central Alaska to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Mexico.
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