Mount Holcroft
Mount Holcroft is located in Alberta
Mount Holcroft
Mount Holcroft
Location in Alberta and British Columbia
Mount Holcroft is located in British Columbia
Mount Holcroft
Mount Holcroft
Mount Holcroft (British Columbia)
Highest point
Elevation2,713 m (8,901 ft)[1][2]
Prominence254 m (833 ft)[3]
Parent peakMount Farquhar (2894 m)[3]
Listing
Coordinates50°14′05″N 114°45′51″W / 50.23472°N 114.76417°W / 50.23472; -114.76417[4]
Geography
CountryCanada
ProvincesAlberta and British Columbia
Parent rangeHigh Rock Range[3]
Topo mapNTS 82J2 Fording River[4]

Mount Holcroft is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide. It was named after Herbert Spencer Holcroft (1877-1916), H.S. D.L.S. in 1918. Lieutenant Spencer was wounded during World War I and later died in hospital of cardiac failure.[5][2][3]

See also

References

  1. "Topographic map of Mount Holcroft". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
  2. 1 2 "Mount Holcroft". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Mount Holcroft". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
  4. 1 2 "Mount Holcroft (Alberta)". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
  5. "Mount Holcroft". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2022-06-28.


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