Mount Duncan
mountain in Columbia-Shuswap Regional District, British Columbia, Canada
Mount Duncan is a 3,202-metre (10,505-foot) summit in British Columbia, Canada.
Description
Mount Duncan is located along the southern boundary of Glacier National Park and is part of the Battle Range, a subrange of the Selkirk Mountains. The mountain is situated at the head of the Duncan River which the mountain is named after. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains north into headwaters of the Beaver River, and southeast to the Duncan River. Mount Duncan is more notable for its steep rise above local terrain than for its absolute elevation. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1,650 meters (5,413 ft) above Butters Creek in 2.5 km (1.6 mi).
History
The mountain was named in 1890 by Harold Ward Topham, Emil Huber, and Henry Forster, in association with the Duncan River. The river is named for John (Jack) Duncan, an early prospector who worked claims along the lower reaches of the river that now bears his name. He was a candidate for the colonial Legislative Council from the Kootenay Land District in 1866, and died circa 1900. The mountain's toponym was officially adopted on July 29, 1904, by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.
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