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Mount Fraser (Canada)

mountain in Regional District of Fraser-Fort George, British Columbia, Canada

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ8530583 ↗
Source-derived summary

Mount Fraser is a mountain located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia. It is Alberta's 38th highest peak and Alberta's 22nd most prominent mountain. It is also British Columbia's 50th highest peak. It was named in 1917 after Simon Fraser.

The massif consists of three peaks:

See also

List of peaks on the Alberta–British Columbia border

List of mountains in the Canadian Rockies

References

External links

"Mount Fraser". BC Geographical Names. Government of British Columbia – B.C. Geographical Names Office (BCGNO).

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Mount Fraser (Canada)” as mountain in Regional District of Fraser-Fort George, British Columbia, Canada. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Mount, Fraser and Canada.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1917—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Mount, Fraser and Canada providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Mount Fraser (Canada)”, the useful work is to connect “mountain in Regional District of Fraser-Fort George, British Columbia, Canada” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q8530583. Authority coordinates are 52.656, -118.319. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1917.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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This entry incorporates text from “Mount Fraser (Canada)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.