Mount Bryce is a
mountain
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at the southwestern corner of the
Columbia Icefield, in
British Columbia
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,
Canada
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, near the border with
Alberta
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. It can be seen from the
Icefields Parkway
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.
The mountain was named in 1898 by
J. Norman Collie after Viscount
James Bryce James Bryce may refer to:
* James Bryce (geologist) (1806–1877), Irish naturalist and geologist
* James Bryce (footballer) (1884–1916), Scottish footballer
* James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce (1838–1922), British jurist, historian and politicia ...
, who was President of the
Alpine Club
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(London) at the time.
[ To the north, it is connected by ridges to the Columbia Icefield. The mountain is rarely climbed due to difficult access although recently built logging roads are alleviating some of the access problems.][
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Gallery
Mount Bryce.jpg, Mount Bryce from Mount Wilcox
See also
* List of mountains in the Canadian Rockies
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References
External links
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Three-thousanders of British Columbia
Park Ranges
Kootenay Land District
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