Mount Macdonald

Mountain in British Columbia, Canada

Mount Macdonald

British Columbia, Canada

DistrictKootenay Land DistrictParent rangeDuncan Ranges ← Selkirk MountainsTopo mapNTS 82N6 Blaeberry^[2]ClimbingFirst ascent1886 by DO Lewis and several members of CPR Engineering^[1]

Mount Macdonald is a mountain peak located in the Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia, Canada, immediately 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.^{[citation needed]}

The original name of the peak was Mount Carroll (for a member of the CPR engineering team under A. B. Rogers^[2]), but was renamed to honor 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.^[3] 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.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Mount Macdonald". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2010-02-13.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Mount Macdonald". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2015-01-10.
^ 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.