Mount Downton

Mount Downton
Elevation	2,375 m (7,792 ft)
Prominence	785 m (2,575 ft)
Location
Location	British Columbia, Canada
Range	Itcha Range
Coordinates	52°42′21″N 124°51′02″W / 52.705925°N 124.850529°W / 52.705925; -124.850529Coordinates: 52°42′21″N 124°51′02″W / 52.705925°N 124.850529°W / 52.705925; -124.850529
Topo map	NTS 093C/10
Geology
Last eruption	Pleistocene

Mount Downton is the highest summit of the 10 km (6 mi) diameter Itcha Range, located 40 km (25 mi) northeast of Anahim Lake and 33 km (21 mi) east of Far Mountain in the Chilcotin District of the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada. It lies within Itcha Ilgachuz Provincial Park.

Name origin

Mount Downton was named for Geoffrey M. Downton, British Columbia Land Surveyor, for whom Downton Lake, the reservoir behind Lajoie Dam in the Bridge River Power Project is also named. Downton is credited with first noting the hydroelectric potential inherent in the elevation differential between the Bridge River and Seton Lake on opposing sides of Mission Pass during a visit to the Bridge River Mining District in 1912.^[1]

Geology

Mount Downton is part of the Anahim Volcanic Belt, a west-east trending line of volcanoes formed when the North American Plate moved over a hotspot, similar to the one feeding the Hawaiian Islands, called the Anahim hotspot. The Anahim Volcanic Belt includes other immediately nearby ranges, the Rainbow and Ilgachuz Ranges.

See also

Volcanism of Canada portal

• Itcha Range
• Ilgachuz Range
• Rainbow Range
• Anahim Volcanic Belt
• Anahim hotspot
• List of volcanoes in Canada
• Volcanism of Canada
• Volcanism of Western Canada

References

1. ^ [Short Portage to Lillooet, Irene Edwards, self-publ. Lillooet 1976]

External links

• "Mount Downton". BC Geographical Names. http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/14813.html. 
• Peakbagger.com: Mount Downton, British Columbia (Retrieved on October 14, 2008)