Elevation 3,123 m (10,246 ft) Topo map NTS 82N/10 | Parent range Waputik Range Easiest route scramble | |
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Prominence 658 m (2,159 ft) (above Kiwetinok Pass) First ascent 1901 by James Outram, Christian Kaufmann and J. Pollinger | ||
The President is a mountain peak on The President/Vice-President Massif of the Waputik Range, in eastern British Columbia.
It is just north of Emerald Lake in Yoho National Park, near the Alpine Club of Canada's Stanley Mitchell hut.
History
The President was named Shaugnessy in 1904 by Edward Whymper after Thomas Shaugnessy, the president of the Canadian Pacific Railway. In 1907, the mountain was renamed by the Alpine Club of Canada, after it was discovered that the name had already been used on a mountain in the Selkirks.
References
The President Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA