Mount Penrose

Mount Penrose
Highest point
Elevation 2,634 m (8,642 ft)[1]
Prominence 392 m (1,286 ft)[1]
Coordinates 50°52′13″N 122°57′37″W / 50.87028°N 122.96028°W / 50.87028; -122.96028Coordinates: 50°52′13″N 122°57′37″W / 50.87028°N 122.96028°W / 50.87028; -122.96028[2]
Geography
Location British Columbia, Canada
Parent range Dickson Range
Topo map NTS 92/J15
Climbing
First ascent Boies Penrose

Mount Penrose, known locally as Penrose, 2,634 m (8,642 ft), is the easternmost summit of the Dickson Range, a subrange of the Chilcotin Ranges, near Gold Bridge, British Columbia, Canada and immediately above and to the west of Gun Lake. It was named for Senator Boies Penrose, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who was the first to climb it, during a hunting expedition led by famed guide W.G. "Bill" Manson.[2][3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Mount Penrose". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
  2. 1 2 "Penrose, Mount". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
  3. Tales from Seton Portage, Irene Edwards, self-publ. Lillooet, 1976]
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