Mount Macdonald
Mount Macdonald is a mountain peak located in the Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia, Canada, immediately to the east of Rogers Pass in Glacier National Park. It is notable as the location of the Canadian Pacific Railway's Connaught and Mount Macdonald Tunnels. At 14.7 km, the Mount Macdonald tunnel is the longest railway tunnel in the western hemisphere.
| Mount Macdonald | |
|---|---|
 Rogers Pass and Mount Macdonald (then Mount Carroll) on the Canadian Pacific Railway, 1887 | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,883 m (9,459 ft) [1] |
| Prominence | 518 m (1,699 ft) [1] |
| Parent peak | Uto Peak |
| Coordinates | 51°18′30″N 117°28′18″W [2] |
| Geography | |
  Mount Macdonald | |
| Parent range | Selkirk Mountains |
| Topo map | NTS 82N/06 |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1886 by DO Lewis and several members of CPR Engineering[1] |
The original name of the peak was Mount Carroll (for a member of the CPR engineering team under A. B. Rogers[3]), but was renamed to honour the first Prime Minister of Canada, Sir John A. Macdonald by a Privy Council Order in Council #551 on 4 April 1887.[2]
Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification, this mountain is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[4] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into tributaries of the Beaver River.
See also
- Mountain peaks of Canada
- Mountain peaks of North America
References
- "Mount Macdonald". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2010-02-13.
- "Mount Macdonald". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2015-01-10.
- http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/12222.html
- Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L. & McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11: 1633–1644. ISSN 1027-5606.
