Topo map NTS 82N/06 Prominence 518 m | Elevation 2,883 m | |
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First ascent 1886 by DO Lewis and several members of CPR Engineering Similar Mount Sir Donald, Mount Tupper, Mount Sir Sandford, Uto Peak, Mount Odin | ||
Mount Macdonald is a mountain peak located in the Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia, Canada, immediately to the east of Rogers Pass in Glacier National Park. It is notable as the location of the Canadian Pacific Railway's Connaught and Mount Macdonald Tunnels. At 14.7 km, the Mount Macdonald tunnel is the longest railway tunnel in the western hemisphere.
Map of Mount MacDonald, Columbia-Shuswap A, BC, Canada
The original name of the peak was Mount Carroll (for a member of the CPR engineering team under A. B. Rogers), but was renamed to honour the first Prime Minister of Canada, Sir John A. Macdonald by a Privy Council Order in Council #551 on 4 April 1887.
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