Mount Bess is located on the border of
Alberta
Alberta is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Canada. It is a part of Western Canada and is one of the three Canadian Prairies, prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to its west, Saskatchewan to its east, t ...
and
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Situated in the Pacific Northwest between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains, the province has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that ...
.
It is the 83rd highest peak in Alberta. It was named in 1910 by
J. Norman Collie after Bessie Gunn, who accompanied Collie's expedition.
See also
*List of peaks on the Alberta–British Columbia border
This is a list of peaks on the Alberta–British Columbia border, being the spine of the Continental Divide from the Canada–United States border to the 120th meridian, which is where the boundary departs from the Continental Divide and goes due ...
References
Three-thousanders of Alberta
Three-thousanders of British Columbia
Front Ranges
Cariboo Land District
Alberta's Rockies
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