Mount McBride

Mount McBride is a mountain located on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. It is 34 kilometres east of Gold River and 10 km (6 mi) northeast of Golden Hinde.

Mount McBride
Mount McBride from Globe Flower Lake in Strathcona Provincial Park
Highest point
Elevation2,083 m (6,834 ft)
Prominence918 m (3,012 ft)
Coordinates49°43.3′N 125°39.0′W
Geography
LocationVancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Parent rangeVancouver Island Ranges
Topo mapNTS 92F/12
Climbing
First ascent1926

Mount McBride is one of two peaks in British Columbia named for BC Premier Sir Richard McBride. The other is Mount Sir Richard. There is a second Mount McBride—named for Captain Kenneth Gilbert McBride of The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada, a Canadian officer killed in action during the Second World War—elsewhere in BC and yet another in the Yukon.

The first ascent is uncertain but may have been Leroy Stirling Cokely in 1926.

Sources

  • Philip Stone (2003). Island Alpine, A Guide to the Mountains of Strathcona Park and Vancouver Island. Wild Isle Publications: Heriot Bay, BC. ISBN 0-9680766-5-3.
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