Mount Bate

Mount Bate
Highest point
Elevation 1,688 m (5,538 ft)
Prominence 1,218 m (3,996 ft)
Coordinates 49°53′24.0″N 126°28′24.0″W / 49.890000°N 126.473333°W / 49.890000; -126.473333Coordinates: 49°53′24.0″N 126°28′24.0″W / 49.890000°N 126.473333°W / 49.890000; -126.473333
Geography
Location Strathcona Regional District, British Columbia, Canada
Parent range Vancouver Island Ranges
Topo map NTS 92/E16

Mount Bate is a mountain on Vancouver Island in Strathcona Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, 14 km (9 mi) east of the community of Tahsis and 21 km (13 mi) southwest of Rugged Mountain.[1] Mount Bate is thought to have been named by George Henry Richards for Captain William Thornton Bate, RN, a surveyor who was killed in the capture of Canton during the Second Opium War in 1857.[2] The mountain is at the head of Canton Gorge, another geographical feature named by Richards.[2]

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