Mount O'Beirne

Mount O'Beirne is located in Alberta
Mount O'Beirne
Mount O'Beirne
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Mount O'Beirne is located in British Columbia
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Mount O'Beirne
Mount O'Beirne (British Columbia)
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Highest pointElevation2,637 m (8,652 ft)[1][2]Prominence210 m (690 ft)[3]Parent peakRink Peak (2664 m)[3]Listing52°54′49″N 118°37′17″W / 52.91361°N 118.62139°W / 52.91361; -118.62139[4]GeographyCountryCanadaProvincesAlberta and British ColumbiaParent rangePark RangesTopo mapNTS 83D15 Lucerne

Mount O'Beirne is a mountain in the Continental Ranges on the border of Alberta and British Columbia. It is Alberta's 59th most prominent mountain. It was named in 1918 by Arthur Oliver Wheeler after Eugene Francis O'Beirne, a "sponger and general pest" who in 1864 had attached himself to William Wentworth-FitzWilliam, Viscount Milton and Walter Butler Cheadle's expedition over the Yellowhead Pass.[1][4]

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References

  1. ^ a b Birrell, Dave (2000). 50 Roadside Panoramas in the Canadian Rockies. Rocky Mountain Books Ltd. p. 20. ISBN 9780921102656. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Topographic map of O'Beirne Mountain". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
  3. ^ a b "Mount O'Beirne". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
  4. ^ a b "Mount O'Beirne". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
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