Mount Bryce is a

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at the southwestern corner of the Columbia Icefield, in

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, near the border with

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. It can be seen from the Icefields Parkway. 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 politician ...

, who was President of the Alpine Club in London at the time. Mount Bryce is the fifteenth-highest peak in British Columbia. To the north, it is connected by ridges to the Columbia Icefield. The mountain is rarely climbed due to difficult access although recently built (test)logging roads are alleviating some of the access problems.

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Mount Bryce on Summitpost
* Three-thousanders of British Columbia Canadian Rockies Kootenay Land District {{ColumbiaShuswap-geo-stub