Mount Queen Bess

Mount Queen Bess
Mount Queen Bess is located in British Columbia
Mount Queen Bess
Mount Queen Bess
Highest point
Elevation3,298 m (10,820 ft)[1]
Prominence2,355 m (7,726 ft)[1]
Listing
Coordinates51°16′18″N 124°34′06″W / 51.27167°N 124.56833°W / 51.27167; -124.56833[1]
Geography
LocationBritish Columbia, Canada
DistrictRange 2 Coast Land District
Parent rangePacific Ranges
Topo mapNTS 92N7 Mount Queen Bess
Climbing
First ascent20 July 1942 by Don Munday, Phyllis Munday, Henry Hall[1][2][3]
Easiest routerock/ice climb

Mount Queen Bess is one of the principal summits of the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains of southern British Columbia. It stands west of Chilko Lake and to the south of Tatlayoko Lake, and crowns a peak-studded ridge to the north of the Homathko Icefield.

The mountain is named for Queen Elizabeth I of England. Relatively nearby is Mount Raleigh, named for Sir Walter Raleigh. Other peaks in the vicinity of Queen Bess bear similar Elizabethan-related names: Pembroke, Silver Swan, Oriana, Armada, Grenville, Burghley, Howard, Walsingham, Cambridge, Cloister, Saint John, Galleon, and Monmouth. Between Queen Bess and Chilko Lake is Mount Good Hope, and northwest across the Homathko is the Waddington Range, site of the highest peak in the Coast Mountains, and the highest entirely within British Columbia, Mount Waddington.

  1. ^ a b c d "Mount Queen Bess". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2005-11-06.
  2. ^ Chic Scott (2000), Pushing the Limits: The Story of Canadian Mountaineering, Rocky Mountain Books, ISBN 9780921102595, p. 118-119.
  3. ^ Hall, Henry S. Jr. (1943). "Mt. Queen Bess". American Alpine Journal. #5 (15). ISSN 0065-6925. Retrieved 15 October 2024.