Mount Penrose

Mount Penrose
Mount Penrose British Columbia, Canada
Elevation	2,634 m (8,642 ft) [1]
Prominence	392 m (1,286 ft) [1]
Location
Range	Dickson Range
Coordinates	50°52′13″N 122°57′37″W / 50.87028°N 122.96028°W / 50.87028; -122.96028Coordinates: 50°52′13″N 122°57′37″W / 50.87028°N 122.96028°W / 50.87028; -122.96028[2]
Topo map	NTS 92/J15
Climbing
First ascent	Boies Penrose

Mount Penrose, known locally as Penrose, 2,634 m (8,642 ft), is the easternmost summit of the Dickson Range, a subrange of the Chilcotin Ranges, near Gold Bridge, British Columbia, Canada and immediately above and to the west of Gun Lake. It was named for Senator Boies Penrose, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who was the first to climb it, during a hunting expedition led by famed guide W.G. "Bill" Manson.^[2][3]

See also

• Mount Penrose (Montana)
• Penrose Peak

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Mount Penrose". Bivouac.com. http://www.bivouac.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=1005. Retrieved 2011-01-01. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Penrose, Mount". BC Geographical Names. http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/6975.html. Retrieved 2011-01-01. 
3. ^ Tales from Seton Portage, Irene Edwards, self-publ. Lillooet, 1976]