Mount Holcroft is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide. It was named after Herbert Spencer Holcroft (1877-1916), H.S. D.L.S. in 1918. Lieutenant Spencer was wounded during World War I and later died in hospital of cardiac failure.[5][2][3]
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Elevation | 2,713 m (8,901 ft)[1][2] |
Prominence | 254 m (833 ft)[3] |
Parent peak | Mount Farquhar (2894 m)[3] |
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Coordinates | 50°14′05″N 114°45′51″W[4] |
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Country | Canada |
Provinces | Alberta and British Columbia |
Parent range | High Rock Range[3] |
Topo map | NTS 82J2 Fording River[4] |
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