List of peaks on the British Columbia–Alberta border

This is a list of peaks on the British Columbia–Alberta border, being the spine of the Continental Divide from the Canada–United States border to the 120th meridian, which is where the boundary departs the Continental Divide and goes due north to the 60th parallel. Peaks are listed from north to south and include those not on the Continental Divide but which are on the 120th Meridian north of Intersection Mountain, which as its name implies is located at the intersection of the Divide and the Meridian.

Name	Alternate Name(s)	Elevation (m)	Coordinates	Location/Range	Parks	BCGNIS	CGNDB	Other cites	Comments
Dinosaur Ridge				S side Narraway River					name was inspired by profile of the ridge; on the 120th Meridian, not on the Continental Divide
Mount Gorman		2380							on the 120th Meridian, not on the Continental Divide
Kakwa Mountain		2295		Jarvis Pass	Kakwa-Willmore				on the 120th Meridian, not on the Continental Divide
Mount Côté	Mount Arthur	2392							on the 120th Meridian, not on the Continental Divide
Intersection Mountain		2461							apparently named for its location at the intersection of the Continental Divide and the 120th Meridian
Mount Morkill		2267
Mount Forget	Detail Mountain	2122		Morkill Pass					named after the Hon. Amédée Emmanuel Forget (1847–1923), of Banff; last Lieutenant Governor of the North West Territories 1898–1905; first Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan, 1905–1910; senator 1911–1923
Mount Talbot		2372		Shale Pass
Interpass Ridge		2301		Avalanche Pass/Beaverdam Pass					named is derived from location between Beaverdam Pass (SE) and Avalanche Pass (E)
Big Shale Hill	Great Shale Hill	2405		Shale Pass/Morkill Pass
Mount Pauline		2650		Beaverdam Pass
Perseverance Mountain		2434
Jackpine Mountain		2555		Jackpine Pass/Holmes-Jackpine Rivers
Mount Bess		3203		Bess Pass
Whiteshield Mountain					Mount Robson
Treadmill Ridge
Mumm Peak				Berg Lake	Mount Robson/Jasper
Upright Mountain					Mount Robson				"upright" because the strata of the mountain have been tilted nearly upright
Mount Phillips	Resolution Mountain
Tatei Ridge					Mount Robson				"Tatei" means "wind" (language not stated in source)
Titkana Peak									"Titkana" means "bird" in the Stoney (Nakoda) language
Chushina Ridge					Mount Robson				"Chushina" means "small" in the Stoney (Nakoda) language
Lynx Mountain				Mount Robson
Mount Machray					Mount Robson				Named after Robert Machray, DD, (1831–1904), first Anglican Bishop of Rupert's Land
Salient Mountain				Miette Pass	Mount Robson
Mount McCord				Miette Pass	Mount Robson				named for the head surveyor in this area of the CPR Survey of 1872
Razorback Mountain				Yellowhead Pass	Mount Robson
Caledonia Mountain				Yellowhead Pass	Mount Robson				Caledonia Valley is an old name for the Yellowhead Pass, and signifies the route used by fur traders to get to the New Caledonia fur district in north-central BC
Mount O'Beirne
Tête Roche									name suggested by Tête Jaune ("yellow head"), nickname of the trapper for whom Yellowhead Pass is named (apparently François Decoigne, who was in charge of Jasper House in 1814)
Lucerne Peak									named because of the vicinity's resemblance to Lucerne, Switzerland
Bingley Peak	Bingley Mountain
Leather Peak				Yellowhead Pass	Mount Robson				derived from Leatherhead Pass, one of several alternate/historical names for the Yellowhead Pass
Yellowhead Mountain	Seven Sisters			Yellowhead Pass
Miette Hill				Yellowhead Pass	Mount Robson
Kataka Mountain					Mount Robson				"kataka" means "fort" (language not specified)
Mount Clairvaux	Clairvaux Mountain								named in the sense of "clear valley", i.e. the Yellowhead Pass (not for Clairvaux, France)
Vista Peak					Mount Robson
Caniche Peak					Mount Robson				"caniche" is French for "poodle"; the peaks resemblance to a poodle prompted the suggestion "Poodle Peak" but the name Caniche was chosen to give it "more class"
Tonquin Hill				Tonquin Pass	Mount Robson				as with Tonquin Valley, Tonquin Pass, Tonquin Creek, apparently named for the ill-fated fur trade ship the Tonquin
Bastion Peak					Mount Robson
Drawbridge Peak					Mount Robson
Redoubt Peak					Mount Robson				"redoubt" as in a small fortification/emplacmeent
Dungeon Peak					Mount Robson
Mount Fraser					Mount Robson				named after explorer Simon Fraser
Paragon Peak					Mount Robson
Parapet Peak					Mount Robson
Simon Peak					Mount Robson				one of the subpeaks of Mt Fraser, named for Simon Fraser
Bennington Peak									Bennington is the north peak of Mt Fraser, which was named for Simon Fraser, explorer, who was born in Bennington, Vermont, the namesake of this peak
McDonell Peak					Mount Robson				one of the subpeaks of Mt Fraser
Scarp Mountain					Mount Robson
Mastodon Mountain					Mount Robson
Elephas Mountain					Mount Robson
Whitecrow Mountain					Mount Robson				named because of the large number of white crows seen on its face by members of the interprovincial boundary survey
Blackrock Mountain					Mount Robson				named for the peak's black rock
Divergence Peak					Hamber				named because it forms a corner in the interprovincial boundary
Alnus Peak					Hamber				alnus is the Latin word for alder, groves of which are abundant on the mountain
Mount Ross Cox									named after Ross Cox, author of a book The Columbia River, publ.1832
Mallard Peak					Hamber
Mount Scott					Hamber				Named after Capt. Scott of the British Antarctic Expedition
Lick Peak				Fortress Lake	Hamber
Mount Oates									named after Lawrence Oates, an officer of the British Antarctic Expedition
Mount Ermatinger									named after Edward Ermatinger who with his brother Francis served with the Hudson's Bay Company in the Columbia District from 1818 onwards
Mount Hooker				Athabasca Pass					named by David Douglas for Sir William Jackson Hooker (1785–1865), distinguished botanist of the time (1827)
McGillivray Ridge									named after William McGillivray (1764–1825), North West Company partner and politician in Lower Canada
Fortress Mountain				Fortress Lake	Hamber
Younghusband Ridge									named after British Lieutenant Colonel Sir Francis Younghusband, who led the expedition named for him into Tibet in the 1930s and established relations with the Dalai Lama
Apex Mountain
Chaba Peak				Fortress Lake					"Chaba" is the Stoney (Nakoda) word for "beaver", commemorating Job Beaver, a Stoney from Morley, Alberta, who hunted in this area
Eden Peak
Snow Dome				Columbia Icefield
Wales Peak
Mount King Edward				Columbia Icefield
Mount Columbia				Columbia Icefield
Omega Peak				Columbia Icefield
Triad Peak
Watchman Peak				Thompson Pass
Mount Spring-Rice				Thompson Pass					named in 1919 for Sir Cecil Arthur Spring-Rice (1859–1918); British ambassador to Persia, 1906–1908; British ambassador to Sweden 1908–1913; British ambassador to USA 1913–1918.
Quéant Mountain									named for Quéant, France, captured by Canadian troops on September 2, 1918
Fresnoy Mountain									named after Fresnoy, Ainse, France, in commemoration of its liberation by Canadian troops on April 13, 1917
Douai Mountain									named in 1919 to commemorate the town of Douai, France, liberated by Canadian and other Allied troops on 18 October 1918
Oppy Mountain									named for Oppy, a village 6 mi SE of Lens, France where many Canadian troops died
Farbus Mountain									named for Farbus, France, on the east slope of Vimy Ridge, to commemorate the Canadians who fought there in World Wa
Mount Lyell									named in 1858 after Sir Charles Lyell (1795–1875), the noted British geologist
Ernest Peak									named for Ernest Feuz, of Interlaken, Switzerland, who was one of five climbing guides brought by the CPR to Glacier House. One of five peaks on Mount Lyell named for this group of guides
Walter Peak									named for Walter Feuz, of Interlaken, Switzerland, who was one of five climbing guides brought by the CPR to Glacier House. One of five peaks on Mount Lyell named for this group of guides
Christian Peak									named for Christian Hässler, of Interlaken, Switzerland, who was one of five climbing guides brought by the CPR to Glacier House. One of five peaks on Mount Lyell named for this group of guides
Division Mountain
Mons Peak									named for Mons, Belgium, scene of the first British fighting in World War I, 23 August 1914, and which was recaptured by Canadian troops immediately before the Armistice, 11 November 1918.
Howse Peak				Howse Pass/hd Blaeberry River
Mount Synge									named after Capt. M.H. Synge of the Royal Engineers, who advocated a transcontinental railway in 1852
Aiguille Peak				hd Blaeberry River					aiguille is French for "needle", referring to the peak's shape
Midway Peak
Stairway Peak
Ebon Peak									named because it appears black when other peaks are covered in snow
Mount Conway									named after Sir William Martin Conway, then-president of the Alpine Club, afterwards Baron Conway of Allington (1856–1937), famous mountain climber, and author of works on art and mountaineering; knighted 1895; elevated to the peerage in 1931.
Breaker Mountain				Howse Pass
Mount Freshfield				nr hd Valenciennes River
Mount Lambe
Barbette Peak									barbette refers to a mound of platform of earth on which gun emplacements are built; the mountain has two platform-like summits
Mount Whiteaves									named for J.F. Whiteaves, who was a paleontologist for the Geological Survey of Canada
Mount Pilkington
Prior Peak	Mount Prior								named after Lt. Col Edward Gawlor Prior, commander of the 5th Regiment, Canadian Garrison Artillery, MP, Premier of British Columbia Nov 1902 to June 1903, later Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia Dec 18, 1919, until his death on December 12, 1920 [the only Lieutenant Governor to die in office]
Mount Bulyea									named after the Rt. Hon. George Hedley Vicars Bulyea (1859–1928), first Lieutenant Governor of Alberta, 1905–15
Mount Low
Mount Leman					Height of the Rockies				named after General G. Leman, in command of defenses of Liège, Belgium in 1914
Mount Queen Elizabeth									named after Queen Elizabeth of Belgium in 1916; Mount King Albert nearby is named for her husband King Albert
Mistaya Mountain
Mount Barnard									named in 1917 after the Rt. Hon. Francis Stillman Barnard, then Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia (see Barnard's Express)
Gilgit Mountain	Mount Gilgit
Nanga Parbat Mountain				hd Mummery Glacier					named after Nanga Parbat in the Himalayas, apparently in association with nearby Mount Mummery because its namesake A. F. Mummery had died there
Mount Helmer									named jointly after Brigadier General Richard Alexis Helmer (1864–1920) and his only son Lieutenant Alexis Hannum Helmer (1892–1915)
Mount Barlow
Mount Trutch	Trutch Mountain								named after Sir Joseph William Trutch, colonial official and first Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia, 1871–1876
Waitabit Peak
Trapper Peak					Banff
Mount Baker	Stremotch Mountain	3180
Mount Habel
Mount Rhondda					Yoho/Banff				named after Rhondda, Wales
St. Nicholas Peak					Yoho/Banff				named after its resemblance to Santa Claus aka St. Nicholas
Mount Olive
Mount Balfour				Balfour Pass	Yoho/Banff
Lilliput Mountain					Yoho/Banff				Lilliput is the name of a fictional country in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels
Mount Daly					Yoho/Banff				named after Charles F. Daly, president of the American Geographical Society 1864–1899
Mount Bosworth				Wapta Lake	Yoho/Banff
Popes Peak	Boundary Peak				Yoho/Banff
Collier Peak					Kootenay/Banff
Mount Victoria		3464			Yoho/Banff
Mount Lefroy					Yoho/Banff
Mount Little					Kootenay
Glacier Peak					Kootenay
Ringrose Peak					Yoho
Mount Hungabee	Hungabee Mountain	3,492		Bow Range	Yoho/Banff
Wenkchemna Peak					Yoho/Banff				"Wenkchemna" means "ten" in Stoney (Nakoda); this is the tenth of the ten-peak Wenkchemna Peaks
Neptuak Mountain					Kootenay/Yoho/Banff				"Neptuak" is the Stoney (Nakoda) word for "nine" - this is the ninth of the ten Wenkchmena Peaks. Neptuak Mtn is at the apex of the boundaries of Yoho, Kootenay and Banff Nat'l Parks
Deltaform Mountain					Kootenay
Mount Bowlen				Kootenay Pass					named after the Hon. John J. Bowlen, Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta at the time of naming (1958)
Mount Tuzo					Kootenay/Banff
Mount Fay					Kootenay
Mount Perren					Kootenay				named after Walter Perren, Chief Warden of Banff Nat'l Park 1955–1967. This is the fifth of the ten Wenkchemna Peaks
Mount Little					Kootenay
Mount Allen	3210				Kootenay/Banff
Quadra Mountain	Mount Quadra				Kootenay				named after Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra, Spanish explorer of the Northwest Coast
Chimney Peak					Kootenay
Boom Mountain									named in association with Boom Lake on its Alberta side, which was named for driftwood that resembled a boom of logs
Storm Mountain				Vermilion Pass	Kootenay
Beatrice Peak				Ball Range	Banff
Mount Ball				Ball Range					named after John Ball (1818–1889), under secretary of state for the colonies, 1855–1857
Isabelle Peak				Ball Range	Kootenay/Banff
Haiduk Peak				Ball Range	Kootenay				named for the Haiduk region of Hungary or for the Romanian village of Hideghut (also known as Haiduk)
Twin Cairns	Wa-Wa Ridge, Twin Cairns Ridge				Mount Assiniboine
Standish Hump	Standish Ridge				Mount Assiniboine
Quartz Hill					Mount Assiniboine
Fatigue Mountain					Mount Assiniboine
Citadel Peak					Mount Assiniboine
Golden Mountain					Mount Assiniboine
Nasswald Peak					Mount Assiniboine				named after Nasswald, Austria, the home village of climber Conrad Kain
Og Mountain				Assiniboine Pass	Mount Assiniboine				named in association with Mount Magog and other Magog/Gog/Og placenames in this area
Cave Mountain				N side Assiniboine Pass					there is a cave on the Alberta (SE) side of the mountain
Mount Cautley				Assiniboine Pass
Wonder Peak					Mount Assiniboine
The Towers					Mount Assiniboine
Terrapin Mountain	Mount Terrapin				Mount Assiniboine				named for resemblance to a terrapin (sea turtle)
Mount Magog
Mount Assiniboine					Mount Assiniboine				from Cree means "those who cook with hot stones in water", i.e. the Stoney Sioux or Nakoda
Lunette Peak									see lunette
Mount Gloria
Aye Mountain	Mount Aye
Eon Mountain	Mount Eon
Aurora Mountain	Mount Aurora				Mount Assiniboine				named after RN cruiser HMS Aurora, engaged in battledon the North Sea, January 24, 1915. Not to be confused with Mount Aurora in Antarctica
Windy Ridge	Windy Pass				Mount Assiniboine				NW side of Og Mountain; see BCGNIS re "Windy Pass" name
Red Man Mountain	Mount Red Man				Mount Assiniboine				named after the red colour of its rock, and in contrast to White Man Mountain
Mount Leval					Height of the Rockies				named after Gaston de Leval, the Belgian lawyer who defended British nurse Edith Cavell. Cavell had been charged with treason by the Germans for aiding Allied soldiers and was shot by a firing squad, October 12, 1915
White Man Mountain					Mount Assiniboine
Mount Robertson				Palliser Pass/North Kananaskis Pass					named after General Sir William Robertson (1860–1933), chief of the Imperial General Staff, 1915–18. Made a Baronet 1919; field marshal 1920
Mount Sir Douglas				Palliser Pass/North Kananaskis Pass					named after Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, KT, GCB (1861–1928), Commander-in-Chief of the British forces in France and Belgium, December 1915. Later raised to the perage as the 1st Earl Haig of Bemersyde
Mount Williams					Height of the Rockies
Mount King Albert									named after King Albert I of Belgium in 1916
Mount Maude
Mount Beatty				W of hd Pallilser River	Height of the Rockies				named after Admiral Sir David Beatty, First Earl of the North Sea and of Brooksby, (1871–1936), commander of the Grand Fleet 1916–19
Mount Worthington					Height of the Rockies
Mount McHarg
Defender Mountain									named after the destroyer HMS Defender, which fought in the Battle of Jutland, May 31, 1916
Mount Northover		2999							named in 1917 for Lieut. A.W. Northover of the 28th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force of World War I
Mount Tyrwhitt				Elk Pass					named after Rear Admiral Sir Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt GCB, DSO, (1870- ), 1st baronet of Terschelling and of the City of Oxford; leader of British destroyer flotillas in WW I, later Admiral of the Fleet
Mount Foch					Elk Lakes				named after Marshal Ferdinand Foch (1852–1931),hero of the Battle of the Marne, defender of Paris during the Battle of the Somme
Warrior Mountain	Mount Warrior								named after the cruiser HMS Warrior, which was destroyed in the Battle of Jutland, May 31, 1916
Mount Cordonnier					Height of the Rockies				named after General Cordonnier, command of French forces at the Salonika Front, 1916
Mount Pétain									named after Philippe Pétain (1856–1951), French soldier and statesman, a national hero for his defence of Verdun (1916), and was made commander-in-chief (1917) and marshal of France (1918); in World War II he became infamous as a collaborator with Nazi Germany as dictator of Vichy France and was after the war tried for treason and sentenced to death, with that sentence commuted to life imprisonment.
Mount Mangin					Height of the Rockies				named after General Charles Marie Emmanuel Mangin (1866–1925) of the French Army, who won honours in the Battle of the Labyrinth, 1915, and further distinguished himself the following year at the 2nd Battle of Verdun.
Storelk Mountain
Mount Fox					Elk Lakes				believed to be named after Sir Charles Fox (1810–1874) British railway engineer associated with the introduction of the parallel switch."
Mount Joffre								Elk Lakes	named after Marshal Joseph Jacques Césaire Joffre (1852–1931), Commander-in-Chief of the French armies, 1915–17.
Mount Odlum									named after Major-General Victor Wentworth Odlum, CB, CMG, DSO (1880 - 1953?), Vancouver newspaper editor and insurance broker, commander of the British Columbia Regiment, Canadian Expeditionary Force, WW I; Vancouver MLA, 1924–28; High Commissioner to Australia, 1940; Minister to China, 1942; Minister to Turkey, 1947.
Mount Loomis					Elk Lakes				named after Major-General Sir Frederick Oscar Warren Loomis, CMG, DSO, KCB (1870–1937), Montreal manufacturer and contractor; commander of Western Canadian Infantry Brigade in WW I.
Mount McPhail				Fording River Pass
Mount Bishop									named after World War I fighter pilot, Air Marshal William Avery Bishop, VC, DSO, MC; ("Billy" Bishop)
Mount Muir				Fording River Pass					named after Alex Muir (died 1906), author of the "The Maple Leaf"
Mount Strachan									named after Harcus Strachan, VC, MC
Mount Maclaren	Mount Mclaren								named after Brigadier-General Charles H. Maclaren, DSO, (1878–1962)
Mount Cornwell				hd Fording River					named after Jack Cornwell VC, HMS Chester, boy hero of the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916.
Mount Bolton
Mount Armstrong				hd Fording River
Baril Peak				NE of Elkford
Mount Etherington				Fording River Pass
Mount Scringer
Mount Holcroft
Mount Farquhar
Mount Gass				NE of Elkford
Mount Lyall	The Cone			immed. NE of Elkford
Beehive Mountain				E of Elkford					name is descriptive of shape
Tornado Mountain
Allison Peak	The Needle's Eye			Crowsnest Pass					Named after Douglas Allison, early settler on Allison Creek (Alberta) and former Royal Northwest Mounted Police officer
Phillipps Peak				N side Crowsnest Pass
Crowsnest Ridge				N side Crowsnest Pass
Loop Ridge				W side Crowsnest Pass
Andy Good Peak				S side Crownsest Pass					named after a hotelkeeper at an 1899-era railway boomtown in the pass, Crowsnest)
Tent Mountain
Mount Ptolemy									see Ptolemy
Mount McGladrey
Mount Pengelly									name origin possibilities include Alberta politician Nigel Pengelly and geologist and archaeologist Sir William Pengelly
Mount Darrah									named after Capt. Charles John Darrah, RE, astronomer to the British Boundary Commission, which with its US counterpart surveyed the BC portion of the 49th parallel 1858-62.
Hollebeke Mountain									named after Hollebeke a village near Ypres, Belgium
St. Eloi Mountain									named after St. Eloi, Belgium, near Ypres, where Canadians fought in 1916
Mount Haig				Middle Kootenay Pass					named after Capt. Robert Wolseley Haig, RA, astronomer to the British Boundary Commission, which with its US counterpart surveyed the BC portion of the 49th Parallel 1858-62.
Rainy Ridge
Three Lakes Ridge
Scarpe Mountain									named for the Scarpe River, which flows through Arras, France, where Canadians fought in 1917–18
La Coulotte Peak									La Coulotte is a village near Lens, France
Mount Matkin
La Coulotte Ridge									La Coulotte is a village near Lens, France
Font Mountain
Kishinena Peak				South Kootenay Pass					kishinena is the Ktunaxa word for white fir or balsam
Festubert Mountain	Burgess Mountain								Named after Festubert, a village near La Bassée, France, where Canadian troops fought in 1915.
Forum Peak									just north of the Canada-United States border

See also

• List of Boundary Peaks of the Alaska-British Columbia/Yukon border
• Extreme points of British Columbia