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Mount Macdonald is a mountain peak located in the Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia, Canada, immediately to the east of Rogers Pass in Glacier National Park. It is notable as the location of the Canadian Pacific Railway's Connaught and Mount Macdonald Tunnels. At 14.7 km, the Mount Macdonald tunnel is the longest railway tunnel in the western hemisphere.[citation needed]

Mount Macdonald
Rogers Pass and Mount Macdonald (then Mount Carroll) on the Canadian Pacific Railway, 1887
Highest point
Elevation2,883 m (9,459 ft)[1]
Prominence518 m (1,699 ft)[1]
Parent peakUto Peak
ListingMountains of British Columbia
Coordinates51°18′30″N 117°28′18″W[2]
Geography
DistrictKootenay Land District
Parent rangeDuncan RangesSelkirk Mountains
Topo mapNTS 82N6 Blaeberry[2]
Climbing
First ascent1886 by DO Lewis and several members of CPR Engineering[1]

The original name of the peak was Mount Carroll (for a member of the CPR engineering team under A. B. Rogers[2]), but was renamed to honour the first Prime Minister of Canada, Sir John A. Macdonald by a Privy Council Order in Council #551 on 4 April 1887.[2]


Climate


Based on the Köppen climate classification, this mountain is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[3] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into tributaries of the Beaver River.


See also



References


  1. "Mount Macdonald". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2010-02-13.
  2. "Mount Macdonald". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2015-01-10.
  3. Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L. & McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11: 1633–1644. ISSN 1027-5606.


Mount Macdonald's north face
Mount Macdonald's north face



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[de] Mount Macdonald

Der Mount Macdonald ist ein Berg in den Selkirk Mountains im Süden der kanadischen Provinz British Columbia. Der 2883 m hohe Berg befindet sich unmittelbar östlich des Rogers Passes im Glacier-Nationalpark. Der ursprüngliche Name des Berges lautete Mount Carroll, wurde dann aber zu Ehren John Macdonalds, des ersten kanadischen Premierministers, geändert.
- [en] Mount Macdonald

[es] Monte Macdonald

El monte Macdonald es un pico de montaña ubicado en las montañas Selkirk de la Columbia Británica, Canadá, inmediatamente al este de Rogers Pass en el Parque Nacional Glacier. Es notable por la ubicación de los túneles Connaught y Mount Macdonald del Canadian Pacific Railway. Con 14,7 km, el túnel del monte Macdonald es el túnel ferroviario más largo del hemisferio occidental.[cita requerida]

[fr] Mont Macdonald

Le mont Macdonald (anglais : Mount Macdonald) est une montagne de la Colombie-Britannique située dans la chaîne Selkirk près du col Rogers.



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