Mount English is a mountain summit located in the
Gold Range
The Gold Range is a subrange of the Monashee Mountains in the southern British Columbia Interior. This range originally applied to all of the Monashees between the Arrow Lakes and the Okanagan but today only applies to a narrow stretch of the Mon ...
of the
Monashee Mountains
The Monashee Mountains are a mountain range lying mostly in British Columbia, Canada, extending into the U.S. state of Washington. They stretch from north to south and from east to west. They are a sub-range of the Columbia Mountains. The hig ...
of
British Columbia
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, Canada.
Situated southwest of
Revelstoke, this peak is visible from the
Trans-Canada Highway
The Trans-Canada Highway (Canadian French, French: ; abbreviated as the TCH or T-Can) is a transcontinental federal–provincial highway system that travels through all ten provinces of Canada, from the Pacific Ocean on the west coast to the A ...
and
Revelstoke Mountain Resort
Revelstoke Mountain Resort (RMR) is a ski resort on Mount Mackenzie, just outside Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada. It is owned by Northland Properties.
Currently, the resort has a vertical drop, the longest vertical descent of any ski res ...
ski slopes. Neighbors include
Mount Macpherson to the northeast,
Mount Tilley to the east, and
Mount Begbie
Mount Begbie is a mountain summit located in the Gold Range of the Monashee Mountains in British Columbia, Canada. Situated west of the Columbia River high above the shore of Upper Arrow Lake, this prominent peak is visible from the Trans-Ca ...
is to the east.
[ Precipitation runoff from Mount English drains into tributaries of the Eagle River. ]Topographic relief
Terrain (), alternatively relief or topographical relief, is the dimension and shape of a given surface of land. In physical geography, terrain is the lay of the land. This is usually expressed in terms of the elevation, slope, and orientati ...
is significant as the summit rises 1,540 meters (5,052 ft) above Wap Creek in .
Etymology
Mount English was named to remember George Melville English (1918–1943), a Canadian Army Sergeant from Revelstoke.Geographical Names Board of Canada
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Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification divides Earth climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on patterns of seasonal precipitation and temperature. The five main groups are ''A'' (tropical), ''B'' (arid), ''C'' (te ...
, Mount English is located in a subarctic climate
The subarctic climate (also called subpolar climate, or boreal climate) is a continental climate with long, cold (often very cold) winters, and short, warm to cool summers. It is found on large landmasses, often away from the moderating effects of ...
zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.
Gallery
File:Mt. English.jpg, Distant view of west side of Mount English seen from Sun Peaks Resort
File:Begbie to MacPherson.jpg, Left to right: Mts. Begbie, Tilley, English, Macpherson
See also
*Geography of British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost province of Canada, bordered by the Pacific Ocean. With an area of it is Canada's third-largest province. The province is almost four times the size of the United Kingdom and larger than every United Sta ...
References
External links
* Weather forecast
Mount English
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Two-thousanders of British Columbia
Monashee Mountains
Kamloops Division Yale Land District