- Mount Hurd
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Coordinates: 51°17′1″N 116°32′2″W / 51.28361°N 116.53389°W Mount Hurd is a Canadian mountain in the Ottertail Range of the Rocky Mountains in British Columbia. It was named after Major Marshall Farnam Hurd (1823-1903) a Canadian Pacific Railway engineer and explorer. It was featured on a 1928 Canada Post 10¢ stamp based on a painting by Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith.
References
- "Mount Hurd". BC Geographical Names. http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/15674.html.
- "Canadian Postal Archives Database". http://data4.collectionscanada.ca/netacgi/nph-brs?s1=0151&l=20&d=POST&p=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.collectionscanada.ca%2Farchivianet%2F020117%2F020117030106_e.html&r=1&f=G&SECT3=POST.
Categories:- Canadian Rockies
- Mountains of British Columbia
- British Columbia geography stubs
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