Mount Hurd | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 3,000 m (9,800 ft)[1][2] |
Prominence | 355 m (1,165 ft)[1][2] |
Parent peak | Mount Vaux[1] |
Listing | Mountains of British Columbia |
Coordinates | 51°17′06″N 116°32′11″W / 51.28500°N 116.53639°W[3] |
Geography | |
Country | Canada |
Province | British Columbia |
District | Kootenay Land District |
Protected area | Yoho National Park |
Parent range | |
Topo map | NTS 82N7 Golden[3] |
Mount Hurd is a mountain in the Ottertail Range of the Canadian Rockies in British Columbia, Canada. It was named after Major Marshall Farnam Hurd (1823-1903) a Canadian Pacific Railway engineer and explorer.[4] It was featured on a 1928 Canada Post 10¢ stamp based on a painting by Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith.