Topo map NTS 82N/03 Prominence 2,045 m Parent peak Mount Sir Sandford | Elevation 3,377 m Mountain range Selkirk Mountains Parent range Selkirk Mountains | |
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Location British Columbia, Canada First ascent August 13, 1899 Charles E Fay, Herschel C Parker, Edward Feuz Sr., Christian Hasler Sr. Similar Mount Sir Sandford, Mount Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Mount Sir Donald, Mount Odin, Mount Ratz | ||
Mount Dawson, elevation 3,377 metres (11,079 ft), is a massif in the Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia, Canada, located in Glacier National Park to the southeast of Rogers Pass. It is a double summit, the highest of which is Mount Hesler, the second peak being Mount Feuz, with Mount Hesler's elevation making it the highest summit in the range. Mount Dawson is ranked as the 58th highest mountain in British Columbia. The Dawson Glacier is located on its eastern flank.
Name
Mount Dawson was named 1888 by Reverend W.S. Green for geologist George Mercer Dawson (1846-1901), member of the British North America International Boundary Commission, 1873, later director of the Geological Survey of Canada (1895-1901).
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