Topo map USGS Mount Cannon, MT Prominence 416 m Parent range Lewis Range | Elevation 2,611 m Mountain range Lewis Range | |
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Location Flathead County, Montana, U.S. Similar Mount Cleveland, Heavens Peak, Mount Cannon, Gunsight Mountain, Bearhat Mountain | ||
Mount Brown (8,565 feet (2,611 m)) is located in the Lewis Range, Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana.
Map of Mt Brown, Montana 59936, USA
There are conflicting claims about who Mount Brown was named after. A US Park Service publication states it was: "named for William Brown of Chicago, then Solicitor General for the Chicago and Alton Railroad, by some members of his party on a camping and fishing trip to the area around Lake McDonald in 1894. The companions, Charles H. Russell (not the artist) and Frank A. Johnson, climbed this mountain that arose back of their camp, and so named it." However this naming story does not explain how the campers were able make their naming decision known to the public. The 1929 US Geographic Board decision card states that the Board accepted the name Mount Brown in accordance with existing local usage, and states that it was probably named for Louis Brown, a Montana pioneer.
Note that there is a lesser known peak also named Mount Brown about 120 miles east, in Liberty County, Montana.