The Golden Ears is the name used by the Bivouac Mountain Encyclopedia for a group of mountains in the southern portion of

Golden Ears Provincial Park Golden Ears Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. It is named after the prominent twin peaks, which are commonly referred to as Golden Ears (Mount Blanshard) (elevation: ). The park was originally part of Garibaldi Pro ...

, and visible to most of the

Lower Mainland The Lower Mainland is a geographic and cultural region of the mainland coast of British Columbia that generally comprises the regional districts of Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley. Home to approximately 3.05million people as of the 2021 ...

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. It is a part of the

Garibaldi Ranges The Garibaldi Ranges are the next-to-southwesternmost subdivision of the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains; only the North Shore Mountains are farther southwest. They lie between the valley formed by the pass between the Cheakamus River and ...

, and is located in

. Historically there has been confusion regarding the name of the area. Originally, the

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was referred to as ''The Golden Eyries'',Ricker-CAJ83 which became corrupted to ''Golden Ears'' in reference to the pointy ears-like shape of the

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of the mountain now named Golden Ears. Although already known as the Golden Ears, the mountain was dubbed ''Mount Blanshard'' by Lieut. Richard Charles Mayne in 1859, in honour of the first governor of the colony of

Vancouver Island Vancouver Island is an island in the northeastern Pacific Ocean and part of the Canadian province of British Columbia. The island is in length, in width at its widest point, and in total area, while are of land. The island is the largest ...

. Some time after this, the peaks in the area were conferred their existing names: * Golden Ears , the twin summit * Edge Peak , a large blocky summit in the center of the group, named for Sam Edge who climbed it in 1876 * Blanshard Peak , the dramatic peak at the southernmost end of the group, also known as ''The Blanshard Needle''''Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia'' entry

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* * * * * Maple Ridge, British Columbia Mountains of the Lower Mainland {{BritishColumbiaSouthCoast-geo-stub

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