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    Mount Macdonald

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    Mount Macdonald
    Rogers Pass and Mount Macdonald (then Mount Carroll) on the Canadian Pacific Railway, 1887
    Highest point
    Elevation2,883 m (9,459 ft)[1]
    Prominence518 m (1,699 ft)[1]
    Parent peakUto Peak
    ListingMountains of British Columbia
    Coordinates51°18′30″N 117°28′18″W / 51.30833°N 117.47167°W / 51.30833; -117.47167[2]
    Geography
    Mount Macdonald is located in British Columbia
    Mount Macdonald
    Mount Macdonald
    British Columbia, Canada
    DistrictKootenay Land District
    Parent rangeDuncan Ranges ← Selkirk Mountains
    Topo mapNTS 82N6 Blaeberry[2]
    Climbing
    First ascent1886 by DO Lewis and several members of CPR Engineering[1]

    Mount Macdonald is a mountain peak located in the Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia, Canada, immediately to the east of Rogers Pass in Glacier National Park. It is notable as the location of the Canadian Pacific Railway's Connaught and Mount Macdonald Tunnels. At 14.7 km, the Mount Macdonald tunnel is the longest railway tunnel in the western hemisphere.[citation needed]

    The original name of the peak was Mount Carroll (for a member of the CPR engineering team under A. B. Rogers[2]), but was renamed to honour the first Prime Minister of Canada, Sir John A. Macdonald by a Privy Council Order in Council #551 on 4 April 1887.[2]


    Climate[edit]

    Based on the Köppen climate classification, this mountain is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[3] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into tributaries of the Beaver River.

    See also[edit]

    • Mountain peaks of Canada
    • Mountain peaks of North America

    References[edit]

    1. ^ a b c "Mount Macdonald". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2010-02-13.
    2. ^ a b c d "Mount Macdonald". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2015-01-10.
    3. ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L. & McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11: 1633–1644. ISSN 1027-5606.

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    Mount Macdonald's north face


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