- Mount Baker (Alberta)
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This article is about the mountain in western Canada. For the mountain in Washington State, see Mount Baker.
Mount Baker Elevation 3,180 m (10,433 ft) Location Location Alberta-B.C., Canada Range Canadian Rockies Coordinates 51°39′54″N 116°35′54″W / 51.665°N 116.59833°WCoordinates: 51°39′54″N 116°35′54″W / 51.665°N 116.59833°W Topo map NTS 082N10 Climbing First ascent 1923, Wilcox & Aemmer Mount Baker is a mountain on the Continental Divide, in Alberta and British Columbia, in the Canadian Rockies.
The peak was named in 1898 by John Norman Collie, after G.P. Baker of the Appalachian Mountain Club. The first ascent was in 1923 by W. D. Wilcox and R. Aemmer.
Nearby
- Mount Habel (3 m (10 ft) South East)
- Trapper Peak (2 m (7 ft) North North East)
- Field (31 m (102 ft) South)
- Mount Patterson (3 m (10 ft) North) (line parent)
External links
- "Mount Baker". Bivouac.com. http://www.bivouac.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=1688.
Categories:- Mountains of Alberta
- Mountains of British Columbia
- Canadian Rockies
- British Columbia Interior geography stubs
- Alberta's Rockies geography stubs
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