Mount Sir Sandford is the highest

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of the Sir Sandford Range and the highest mountain in the

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of southeastern

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. It is the 12th highest peak in the province. The mountain was named after Sir Sandford Fleming, a railway engineer for the

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. The mountain was first summited in 1912 after several attempts in prior years by a party of four, led by Edward W. D. Holway and including Howard Palmer, Edward Feuz Jr. and Rudolph Aemmer.Howard Palmer, Edward W. D. Holway: A Pioneer of the Canadian Alps. (University of Minnesota Press, 1931) pp. 37-38.

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"Mount Sir Sandford, British Columbia" on Peakbagger
* Mount Sir Sandford aerial photo
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