| Mount Price | |
|---|---|
| Red Mountain Clinker Mountain | |
&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:View_towards_Garibaldi_Lake_from_Panorama_Ridge_(DSCF1842_-_DSCF1844)_(cropped).jpg) Mount Price behind Garibaldi Lake from Panorama Ridge | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,049 m (6,722 ft)[1] |
| Coordinates | 49°55′03″N 123°02′08″W / 49.91750°N 123.03556°W[2] |
| Naming | |
| Etymology | Thomas E. Price[2] |
| Geography | |
&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Canada_British_Columbia_relief_location_map.jpg)  Mount Price Location in British Columbia | |
| Country | Canada[3] |
| Province | British Columbia[3] |
| District | New Westminster Land District[2] |
| Protected area | Garibaldi Provincial Park[4] |
| Parent range | Garibaldi Ranges |
| Topo map | NTS 92G14 Cheakamus River[2] |
| Geology | |
| Rock age | Less than 1.2 million years old[3] |
| Mountain type | Stratovolcano[1] |
| Rock type(s) | Andesite and dacite[3] |
| Volcanic belt | Garibaldi Volcanic Belt[3] |
| Last eruption | 15,000–8,000 years ago[5][6] |
Mount Price is a small stratovolcano in the Garibaldi Ranges of the Pacific Ranges in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It has an elevation of 2,049 metres (6,722 feet) and rises above the surrounding landscape on the western side of Garibaldi Lake in New Westminster Land District. The mountain contains a number of subfeatures, including Clinker Peak on its western flank, which was the source of two thick lava flows between 15,000 and 8,000 years ago that ponded against glacial ice. These lava flows are structurally unstable, having produced large landslides as recently as the 1850s. A large provincial park surrounds Mount Price and other volcanoes in its vicinity. It lies within an ecological region that surrounds much of the Pacific Ranges.
Mount Price is associated with a small group of volcanoes called the Garibaldi Lake volcanic field. This forms part of the larger Garibaldi Volcanic Belt, a north−south trending volcanic zone that represents a portion of the Canadian Cascade Arc. Mount Price began its formation 1.2 million years ago and continued intermittently until sometime in the last 15,000 years. Although the mountain is not known to have been volcanically active for thousands of years, it could erupt again, which would potentially endanger the nearby populace. If this were to happen, relief efforts could be organized by teams such as the Interagency Volcanic Event Notification Plan who are prepared to notify people threatened by volcanic eruptions in Canada.
- ^ a b "Garibaldi Lake: Synonyms & Subfeatures". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on July 22, 2021. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Mount Price". BC Geographical Names. Archived from the original on July 22, 2021. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e Wood, Charles A.; Kienle, Jürgen (1990). Volcanoes of North America: United States and Canada. Cambridge University Press. pp. 113–114, 143–144, 148. ISBN 0-521-43811-X. OCLC 1251392896.
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- ^ Hildreth, Wes (2007). Quaternary Magmatism in the Cascades – Geologic Perspectives (PDF). United States Geological Survey. p. 67. ISBN 978-1411319455. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 26, 2009.
- ^ Russel, J. K.; Hickson, C. J.; Andrews, Graham (2007). "Canadian Cascade volcanism: Subglacial to explosive eruptions along the Sea to Sky Corridor, British Columbia". In Stelling, Pete; Tucker, David S. (eds.). Floods, Faults, and Fire: Geological Field Trips in Washington State and Southwest British Columbia. GSA Field Guides. Vol. 9. Geological Society of America. p. 12. doi:10.1130/2007.fld009(01). ISBN 978-0813700090.