Mount Bess

Mount Bess
Mount Bess viewed from Chown Creek
Highest point
Elevation3,203 m (10,509 ft)[1]
Prominence618 m (2,028 ft)[2]
Parent peakMount Chown (3316 m)[2]
Listing
Coordinates53°20′59″N 119°22′38″W / 53.34972°N 119.37722°W / 53.34972; -119.37722[3]
Geography
Mount Bess is located in Alberta
Mount Bess
Mount Bess
Location in Alberta
Mount Bess is located in British Columbia
Mount Bess
Mount Bess
Location in British Columbia
Mount Bess is located in Canada
Mount Bess
Mount Bess
Location in Canada
CountryCanada
ProvincesAlberta and British Columbia
Parent rangeFront Ranges
Topo mapNTS 83E6 Twintree Lake[3]
Climbing
First ascent1911 by J. Norman Collie, A.L. Mumm, J. Yates[1]

Mount Bess is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia.[4] 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.[1][2][5][6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Mount Bess". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
  2. ^ a b c "Mount Bess". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  3. ^ a b "Mount Bess (Alberta)". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  4. ^ "Mount Bess". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  5. ^ Boles, Glen W.; Laurilla, Roger W.; Putnam, William L. (2006). Canadian Mountain Place Names. Vancouver: Rocky Mountain Books. p. 42. ISBN 978-1-894765-79-4.
  6. ^ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 19.
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