Mount Whiteaves
Mount Whiteaves is located in Alberta
Mount Whiteaves
Mount Whiteaves
Location in Alberta and British Columbia
Mount Whiteaves is located in British Columbia
Mount Whiteaves
Mount Whiteaves
Mount Whiteaves (British Columbia)
Highest point
Elevation3,145 m (10,318 ft)[1]
Prominence285 m (935 ft)[1]
Listing
Coordinates51°43′27″N 116°47′56″W / 51.724167°N 116.798889°W / 51.724167; -116.798889[2]
Geography
CountryCanada
ProvincesAlberta and British Columbia
Parent rangePark Ranges
Topo mapNTS 82N10 Blaeberry River[2]
Climbing
First ascent1949 D. Greenwell, E.R. LaChapelle, D.M. Woods, J. Bishop[1][3]

Mount Whiteaves is located west of the upper Blaeberry River and straddles the Continental Divide marking the Alberta-British Columbia border.[4] It was named in 1920 after Joseph Frederick Whiteaves, a British palaeontologist.[3][1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Mount Whiteaves". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
  2. 1 2 "Mount Whiteaves (Alberta)". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
  3. 1 2 "Mount Whiteaves". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2023-09-24.
  4. "Mount Whiteaves". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2023-09-24.


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