Mount Lester Pearson

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Mount Lester Pearson
Mount Lester Pearson British Columbia, Canada
Elevation	3,086 m (10,125 ft)^[1]
Prominence	316 m (1,037 ft)^[1]
Location
Range	Premier Range
Coordinates	52°46′47″N 119°32′42″W / 52.77972°N 119.54500°W / 52.77972; -119.54500Coordinates: 52°46′47″N 119°32′42″W / 52.77972°N 119.54500°W / 52.77972; -119.54500^[2]
Topo map	NTS 83D/13

Mount Lester Pearson is a 3,086-metre (10,125 ft) mountain located in the Premier Range of the Cariboo Mountains in the east-central interior of British Columbia, Canada. The mountain is located south of the head of the McLennan River and 21 km (13 mi) west of Valemount, British Columbia.

The name honours the fourteenth Prime Minister of Canada and 1957 recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, Lester Pearson, who died in 1972. The mountain was officially named after Pearson in 1973.^[2]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Mount Lester Pearson". Bivouac.com. http://www.bivouac.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=2775. Retrieved 2006-07-23.
↑ 2.0 2.1 "Mount Lester Pearson". BC Geographical Names. http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/1329.html. Retrieved 2009-01-24.

Columbia Mountains

Cariboo

Major ranges	Mowdish Wavy Premier Christina

Mountains	Sir Wilfrid Laurier Sir John Abbott Sir John Thompson Sir Mackenzie Bowell Stanley Baldwin Arthur Meighen Richard Bennett John Oliver Lester Pearson Louis Saint Laurent Pierre Elliott Trudeau Sir Allan MacNab Mackenzie King

Monashee

Major ranges	Anstey Gold Jordan Kettle River Malton Midway Ratchford Rossland Scrip Whatshan Beaverdell

Mountains	Odin Hallam Dunn

Passes	Eagle Monashee Bonanza

Purcell

Sub-ranges	Farnham Group The Bugaboos

Mountains	Farnham Bugaboo Spire Snowpatch Spire Pigeon Spire Howser Spire

Glaciers	Toby

Selkirk

Major ranges	Battle Big Bend Bonnington Clachnacudainn Dawson Duncan Kokanee Nelson Valhalla Valkyr

Sub-ranges	Adamant Sir Sandford Windy Badshot Ruby Norns

Mountains	Sir Sandford Sir Donald

Passes	Rogers

Glaciers	Illecillewaet

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