Mount Bess

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Mount Bess
Mount Bess, Alberta.jpg
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; -119.37722Coordinates: 53°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 and British Columbia
CountryCanada
ProvincesAlberta and British Columbia
Parent rangeFront Ranges
Topo mapNTS 83E6 [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[]

  • List of peaks on the British Columbia-Alberta border

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Mount Bess". PeakFinder.com. 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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