Mount Baker (Alberta)
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This article is about the mountain in western Canada. For the mountain in Washington State, see Mount Baker.
Mount Baker | |
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Elevation | 3,180 metres (10,433 ft) |
Location | Alberta-B.C., Canada |
Range | Canadian Rockies |
Coordinates | Coordinates: |
Topo map | NTS 082N10 |
First ascent | 1923, Wilcox & Aemmer |
Mount Baker is a mountain on the Continental Divide, in Alberta and British Columbia, in the Canadian Rockies.
The peak was named in 1898 by John Norman Collie, after G.P. Baker of the Appalachian Mountain Club. The first ascent was in 1923 by W. D. Wilcox and R. Aemmer.
[edit] Nearby
- Mount Habel (3km South East)
- Trapper Peak (2km North North East)
- Field (31km South)
- Mount Patterson (3km North) (line parent)