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Mount Mackenzie King 
Mount Mackenzie KingElevation 3,234 m (10,610 ft) [1] Prominence 504 m (1,654 ft) [1] Location Location British Columbia, Canada Range Premier Range Coordinates 52°46′32.9″N 119°45′02.9″W / 52.775806°N 119.750806°WCoordinates: 52°46′32.9″N 119°45′02.9″W / 52.775806°N 119.750806°W[1] Topo map NTS 83D/13 Mount Mackenzie King is a peak located in the Premier Range of the Cariboo Mountains in the east-central interior of British Columbia, Canada. The mountain separates the Laurier Glacier to the north from the David Glacier to the south.
The name honours the tenth Prime Minister of Canada, William Lyon Mackenzie King, who died in 1950. The mountain was officially renamed after Mackenzie King in 1962.[2] The mountain was originally referred to as Hostility Mountain by Don Munday in his 1925 ascent.[2]
References
- ^ a b c "Mount Mackenzie King". Bivouac.com. http://www.bivouac.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=2186. Retrieved 2006-07-23.
- ^ a b "Mount Mackenzie King". BC Geographical Names. http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/3878.html. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
External links
- British Columbia Government Information Sheet for the Premier Range
Columbia Mountains Cariboo Major ranges Mountains Sir Wilfrid Laurier · Sir John Abbott · Sir John Thompson · Sir Mackenzie Bowell · Stanley Baldwin · Arthur Meighen · Richard Bennett · John Oliver · Lester Pearson · Louis Saint Laurent · Pierre Elliott Trudeau · Sir Allan MacNab · Mackenzie KingGlaciers ·Monashee Major ranges Sub-ranges BeaverdellMountains Passes Glaciers ·Purcell Sub-ranges Farnham Group · The BugaboosMountains Glaciers TobySelkirk Major ranges Battle · Big Bend · Bonnington · Clachnacudainn · Dawson · Duncan · Kokanee · Nelson · Valhalla · ValkyrSub-ranges Mountains Passes Glaciers ·Categories:- Mountains of British Columbia
- Cariboo Mountains
- British Columbia geography stubs
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