Mount Lyall
| Mount Lyall | |
|---|---|
  Mount Lyall | |
| Elevation | 2,951 m (9,682 ft)[1] |
| Prominence | 529 m (1,736 ft) |
| Location | |
| Location |
Alberta British Columbia |
| Range | High Rock Range |
| Coordinates | 50°05′24″N 114°42′18″W / 50.09000°N 114.70500°WCoordinates: 50°05′24″N 114°42′18″W / 50.09000°N 114.70500°W |
| Topo map | NTS 82J/02 |
Mount Lyall is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide. It was named in 1917 after David Lyall.[1][2] David Lyall (1817–1895) MD, RN, FLS, was a Scottish botanist who explored Antarctica, New Zealand, the Arctic and North America and was a lifelong friend of Sir Joseph Hooker. He was born in Auchenblae, Kincardineshire, Scotland on 1 June 1817.
He graduated in medicine from Aberdeen, having previously been admitted a Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Lyall entered the Royal Navy in 1839 and was immediately appointed, on 6 June, as assistant surgeon on HMS Terror, under Captain Francis Crozier (1796–1848), one of the two ships forming Sir James Clark Ross's Expedition to the Antarctic. The ships were the first to penetrate the Antarctic pack ice and to confirm the existence of the great southern continent. Hooker and Lyall made good use of their time botanizing on Kerguelen Island. Lyall had the rare distinction of having a whole genus, Lyallia, named after him, by Hooker. Relatives include Philip Lyall of Kimberly BC & Frank Lyall of Calgary Alberta, unknown origins.
See also
- List of peaks on the British Columbia-Alberta border
- Mountains of Alberta
- Mountains of British Columbia
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