Alberta-BC boundary. Mount
Just east of Athabasca Pass
52.4 N 118.1167 W — Map 83D/8 — Google — GeoHack — Bivouac
Earliest known reference to this name is 1827 (David Douglas)
Name officially adopted in 1928
Official in BC – Topo map from Canadian Geographical Names
Elevation: 3287 m
Just east of Athabasca Pass
52.4 N 118.1167 W — Map 83D/8 — Google — GeoHack — Bivouac
Earliest known reference to this name is 1827 (David Douglas)
Name officially adopted in 1928
Official in BC – Topo map from Canadian Geographical Names
Elevation: 3287 m
This mount appears on:
John Arrowsmith’s map British North America 1832
John Arrowsmith’s map BC 1859
Palliser Map 1863
Milton and Cheadle’s map 1865
Trutch’s map of BC 1871
Tolmie and Dawson map Indian Tribes of BC 1884
Schäffer map of visits in 1907 and 1908
Cram’s map British Columbia 1913
Boundary Commission Sheet 26 (surveyed in 1920)
Boundary Commission Sheet 27 (surveyed in 1920 & 1921)
John Arrowsmith’s map British North America 1832
John Arrowsmith’s map BC 1859
Palliser Map 1863
Milton and Cheadle’s map 1865
Trutch’s map of BC 1871
Tolmie and Dawson map Indian Tribes of BC 1884
Schäffer map of visits in 1907 and 1908
Cram’s map British Columbia 1913
Boundary Commission Sheet 26 (surveyed in 1920)
Boundary Commission Sheet 27 (surveyed in 1920 & 1921)
William Jackson Hooker
![MOUNT HOOKER. 15.700 feet Initials found on trees. dated 1827. [Rylatt, p. 125]](/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/rylatt-hooker.jpg)
MOUNT HOOKER. 15.700 feet
Initials found on trees. dated 1827. [Rylatt, p. 125]
This mountain overlooking the Athabasca Pass was named in 1827 by David Douglas [1799–1834], “in honor of my early patron, the Professor of Botany in the University of Glasgow.” Professor Sir William Jackson Hooker [1785–1865] became Director of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, in 1841.
Douglas’s estimate of the height of the mountain, about 16,000 feet (4880 m) , was reduced to 9,000 feet (2740 m) in 1893 by Arthur Philemon Coleman [1852–1939].
See Mount Brown for more information.
References:
- Douglas, David [1799–1834]. Journal kept by David Douglas during his travels in North America 1823-1827, together with a particular description of thirty-three species of American oaks and eighteen species of Pinus, with appendices containing a list of the plants introduced by Douglas and an account of his death in 1834. Royal Horticultural Society, 1914. Internet Archive [accessed 10 March 2025]
- Wheeler, Arthur Oliver [1860–1945]. “The location of Mts. Brown and Hooker.” Canadian Alpine Journal, Vol. 12 (1921–1922):123-129
- Rylatt, Robert M. [fl. mid-1800s]. Surveying the Canadian Pacific: Memoir of a Railroad Pioneer. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1991, p. 123
- Wikipedia. Hooker and Brown
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