Mount Vancouver is the eighth highest mountain in Canada and is located in Kluane National Park and Reserve on the Canadaâ€"United States border. Mount Vancouver has three summits: north, middle and south with middle being the lowest. The south summit borders Canada and the United States and is known as Good Neighbor Peak. While conventional wisdom indicates that the north summit is the highest, discrepancies in topographic maps of the area muddle the question. Older Canadian maps indicate that north is the highest but newer US maps based on GPS, show the south summit higher. However, the US maps do not show the north summit.
The mountain was named by William Healey Dall in 1874 after George Vancouver, who explored the southeast coast of Alaska from 1792 to 1794.
Notable Ascents
- 1949 North Buttress (northwest ridge): FA of mountain by William Hainsworth, Alan Bruce-Robertson, Bob McCarter, Noel Odell; with Walter Wood in support.
- 1975 Northeast Ridge (to north peak), FA by Cliff Cantor, Bob Dangel, Paul Ledoux, Rob Milne, Hal Murray, Bob Walker, John Yates and Barton DeWolf.
- 1977 West Face, FA by John Lauchlan, John Calvert, Trevor Jones and Mike Sawyer.
See also
- 4000 metre peaks of Canada
- 4000 metre peaks of North America
- Mountain peaks of Canada
- Mountain peaks of North America
References
- Sources
- Scott, Chic (2000). Pushing the Limits, The Story of Canadian Mountaineering. Calgary, Alberta, Canada: Rocky Mountain Books. ISBNÂ 0-921102-59-3.Â
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