Birkenhead Peak, commonly known as Mount Birkenhead and sometimes Birkenhead Mountain or Mount Birken (2506 m (8222 ft) prominence: 1781 m) is a
mountain
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in the
Gates Valley region of the
Lillooet Country
The Lillooet Country, also referred to as the Lillooet District, is a region spanning from the central Fraser Canyon town of Lillooet west to the valley of the Lillooet River, and including the valleys in between, in the Southern Interior of Bri ...
of
the South-Central Interior of British Columbia,
Canada
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. Located approximately midway between the towns of
Lillooet
Lillooet () is a district municipality in the Squamish-Lillooet region of southwestern British Columbia. The town is on the west shore of the Fraser River immediately north of the Seton River mouth. On BC Highway 99, the locality is by road abo ...
(NE) and
Pemberton-
Mount Currie, the mountain's very high prominence separates it from the adjoining
Cadwallader Range
The Cadwallader Range, originally named the Cadwallader Mountains, is a sub-range of the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in the Bridge River-Lillooet Country of the South-Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada, located between the sou ...
by the pass between Blackwater Creek and Birkenhead Lake.
The mountain was named by
Hudson's Bay Company
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explorer and trader
A.C. Anderson on an exploration of the
route
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in 1842 in honour of the crew of
HMS ''Birkenhead''; nearby
Seton Lake
Seton Lake is a lake in the Squamish-Lillooet region of southwestern British Columbia. On the northeast side is Mission Ridge. On the southwest is the Cayoosh Range. By road, the eastern end is about southwest of Lillooet.
Name origin
In 1827, ...
was named in honour of one of its crew who was his school-friend.
The community of
Birken is located at its southwest foot,
Birkenhead Lake Provincial Park and the lake of the same name are on its northwest. It is framed on its north side by Blackwater Creek, a tributary of the
Gates River
The Gates River is a short river in the Lillooet Country of the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. Approximately 14.5 km in length, it flows generally northeast from the outlet of Birken Lake (aka Gates Lake or Summit Lake) to ...
, and on its southwest by the valley of the
Birkenhead River
The Birkenhead River, formerly known as the Portage River, the Pole River and the Mosquito River, is a major tributary of the Lillooet River, which via Harrison Lake and the Harrison River is one of the major tributaries of the lower Fraser River. ...
.
See also
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List of Ultras of North America
The following sortable tables comprise the most topographically prominent mountain peaks of greater North America. Each of these 353 summits has at least of topographic prominence.
This article defines greater North America as the portion ...
References
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External links
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Image of the peak from the top of the microwave access road, N'Quatqua website"Birkenhead Peak, British Columbia" on Peakbagger
Lillooet Country
Pacific Ranges
Two-thousanders of British Columbia
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