Mount Brunswick | |
Other Name: | Brunswick Mountain |
Elevation M: | 1788 |
Elevation Ref: | [1] |
Prominence M: | 1294 |
Range: | Britannia Range |
Parent Peak: | Sky Pilot Mountain |
Listing: | Mountains of British Columbia |
Location: | British Columbia, Canada |
District: | New Westminster Land District |
Map: | CAN BC Greater Vancouver#Canada British Columbia |
Map Size: | 250 |
Label Position: | right |
Coordinates: | 49.4878°N -123.2014°W |
Coordinates Ref: | [2] |
Topo Maker: | NTS |
First Ascent: | 1889 |
Region: | Squamish-Lillooet Regional District |
Mount Brunswick (officially Brunswick Mountain[2]), 1788m (5,866feet),[1] is a summit in the Britannia Range of the North Shore Mountains on the Howe Sound side of the latter range. The mountain is located just northwest of the village of Lions Bay and is the namesake of Brunswick Beach, a locality on the Howe Sound shoreline below. Brunswick is often considered the highest peak of the North Shore Mountains.
It is accessible via the Howe Sound Crest Trail or the Brunswick Mountain trail from Lions Bay.
Mount Brunswick was, like other names in the Howe Sound area, named in 1859 by Captain Richards in association with the Battle of the Glorious First of June in 1794., 74 guns, 1,836 tons, built at Deptford, 1790, was commanded by Captain John Harvey who lost a limb in the conflict. Also in the area is Mount Harvey, also named for the captain, and nearby is Hutt Island, which was named for Captain John Hutt who also lost a limb and commanded in the battle.[3]