List of Boundary Peaks of the Alaska–British Columbia/Yukon border explained

This is a list of Boundary Peaks of the Alaska–British Columbia border, including those on the Alaska–Yukon border, being those peaks named as border-points of the Canada–United States border as a result of the Alaska Boundary Settlement of 1903 and associated later surveys.

Brass or concrete survey markers were placed on the summits of the "accessible" peaks designated in the treaty, positioned such that from any one marker a surveyor could see both the previous and the next markers along the boundary line. This was done so that if ever a question arose about jurisdiction anywhere along the border, a determination could be made by sighting between two markers.^[1]

Other peaks named in the treaty but not in the numbered-peak series include T Mountain, in the Stikine Icecap area (57.2114°N -132.2483°W). Other peaks on the boundary but not named in the treaty include an unnumbered Boundary Peak in the Icefield Ranges immediately north of the Alsek River (59.8425°N -138.6914°W) and Mount Vern Ritchie, to the north of there. Mountain passes on the boundary are few, the most important being Grand Pacific, Chilkat, Chilkoot and White Passes.

List of peaks by number

Much of Alaska is included in one of the state's boroughs, and the remainder of the state is divided into census areas. In the third column, boroughs are marked with daggers† and census areas are marked with asterisks*.

Name	Alternate Name(s)	Borough/ Census Area	data-sort-type="number"	Elev.	Coordinates	USGS GNIS^[2]	BCGNIS	CGNDB	Other sites	Comments
Boundary Peak 8	Mount Welker	Ketchikan Gateway†	5151feet^[3]	56.0083°N -130.0036°W				^[4]	AK-BC; named "After Captain Philip A. Welker, retired, who bore a distinguished part in the survey of Alaska and its boundary"
Boundary Peak 15	Mount Bayard, originally Mount Lindeborg	Ketchikan Gateway†	6558feet^[5]	56.1228°N -130.1039°W				^[6]	AK-BC; named after Thomas F. Bayard (1828–1898), U.S. statesman and diplomat; original name after Dan Lindeborg, founder of Hyder, Alaska; Mt Lindeborg now refers to another summit in the vicinity.
Boundary Peak 16	Mount Jefferson Coolidge	Ketchikan Gateway†	6319feet	56.0969°N -130.2458°W							AK-BC
Boundary Peak 17	Mount Upshur	Ketchikan Gateway†	6732feet	56.1292°N -130.3489°W				^[7]	AK-BC; named after Abel P. Upshur (1790–1844), US politician and jurist
Boundary Peak 18	Mount John Jay	Ketchikan Gateway†	6896feet	56.1419°N -130.4253°W					AK-BC; named after John Jay (1745–1820), U.S. statesman and jurist
Boundary Peak 23	Mount Willibert	Ketchikan Gateway†	7041feet^[8]	56.2433°N -130.4678°W				^[9]	AK-BC; named after Willibert Simpson, member of staff of Canadian section of the International Boundary Commission, 1893–95
Boundary Peak 24	Mount Blaine	Ketchikan Gateway†	5873feet	56.2475°N -130.5°W					AK-BC; named after James Gillespie Blaine (1830–93), American orator and statesman
Boundary Peak 27	Mount Middleton	Ketchikan Gateway†	5469feet^[10]	56.2694°N -130.6147°W				^[11]	AK-BC; named after Henry Middleton (1771–1846), United States Minister to Russia, 1820–1830; negotiated the treaty of 1824 with Russia
Boundary Peak 40	Mount Stoeckl	Ketchikan Gateway†	5997feet^[12]	56.3672°N -130.7817°W				^[13]	AK-BC; named after Russian Privy Councillor Baron Edward de Stoeckl, Russian Minister to the U.S., who signed the convention ceding Alaska to the United States of America on 30 March 1867.
Boundary Peak 41	Mosheim Dome	Ketchikan Gateway†	6417feet^[14]	56.3742°N -130.8164°W				^[15]	AK-BC; named after Adolph Mosheim, an assistant surveyor with the United States party to the boundary survey in this area, 1905
Boundary Peak 47	Mount Lewis Cass	Ketchikan Gateway†	6030feet^[16]	56.4117°N -131.0853°W				^[17]	AK-BC; named after Lewis Cass (1782–1866), U. S. soldier and statesman
Boundary Peak 48	Mount Pounder	Petersburg†	6512feet^[18]	56.4497°N -131.1736°W					^[19]	AK-BC; named after John A. Pounder, surveyor with the International Boundary Commission, 1909
Boundary Peak 53	Mount Fawcett	Wrangell†	6214feet^[20]	56.5531°N -131.4686°W					^[21]	AK-BC; named after Thomas Fawcett, DTS, engineer with the Canadian section of the International Boundary Commission, 1911–20
Boundary Peak 54	Mount Whipple	Wrangell†	5233feet^[22]	56.6128°N -131.5789°W				^[23]	AK-BC
Boundary Peak 62	Mount Cote	Wrangell†	4377feet^[24]	56.7539°N -131.8989°W				^[25]	AK-BC; named after Jean Leon Côté (1867–1924), Departmental Land Surveyor who worked on preliminary boundary surveys in the 1890s; later Alberta MLA and member of the Senate of Canada, 1924. Also commemorated by Mount Côté on the BC–Alberta boundary in the Canadian Rockies
Boundary Peak 66	Elbow Mountain	Wrangell†	4245feet^[26]	56.7031°N -131.8608°W				^[27]	AK-BC
Boundary Peak 67	Mount Gallatin	Wrangell†	5098feet^[28]	56.7544°N -131.9014°W				^[29]	AK-BC; named after Albert Gallatin, one of the US commissioners who negotiated the Treaty of Ghent
Boundary Peak 68	Mount Talbot	Wrangell†	4452feet^[30]	56.8061°N -131.8733°W				^[31]	AK-BC; Captain A.C. Talbot, international boundary surveyor, 1893 and 1895
Boundary Peak 69		Wrangell†	6913feet	56.8742°N -132.1231°W					AK-BC
Boundary Peak 70	Kates Needle	Petersburg†	10016feet^[32]	57.045°N -132.0444°W				^[33]	AK-BC
Boundary Peak 71	Devils Thumb	Petersburg†	8560feet	57.0914°N -132.3722°W					AK-BC
Boundary Peak 72		Petersburg†	7533feet	57.2122°N -132.2494°W					AK-BC
Boundary Peak 73		Hoonah-Angoon*	7782feet	57.3497°N -132.3686°W					AK-BC
Boundary Peak 74		Hoonah-Angoon*	6289feet	57.4969°N -132.5556°W					AK-BC
Boundary Peak 75		Hoonah-Angoon*	7487feet	57.6169°N -132.6597°W					AK-BC
Boundary Peak 76		Hoonah-Angoon*	7073feet	57.6961°N -132.7494°W					AK-BC
Boundary Peak 77		Hoonah-Angoon*	6611feet	57.8392°N -132.8708°W					AK-BC
Boundary Peak 78	Mount Hill	Hoonah-Angoon*	6440feet	58.0003°N -133.0678°W					AK-BC
Boundary Peak 79		Juneau†	5279feet	58.1539°N -133.1736°W					AK-BC
Boundary Peak 83		Juneau†	5374feet	58.2272°N -133.27°W					AK-BC
Boundary Peak 84	Mount Brundage	Juneau†	5902feet	58.2775°N -133.3453°W					AK-BC
Boundary Peak 85		Juneau†	6398feet	58.3883°N -133.4611°W					AK-BC
Boundary Peak 86	Mount Ogden	Juneau†	7126feet	58.4258°N -133.3775°W					AK-BC
Boundary Peak 93	Devils Paw	Juneau†	8045feet	58.7294°N -133.8381°W					AK-BC
Boundary Peak 95	Mount Ogilvie	Juneau†	7218feet	58.8611°N -134.2569°W					AK-BC
Boundary Peak 96		Juneau†	7162feet	58.9017°N -134.3081°W					AK-BC
Boundary Peak 97	Mount Bressler	Juneau†	7503feet	58.9244°N -134.3333°W					AK-BC
Boundary Peak 98	Mount Nesselrode	Haines†	7244feet	58.9625°N -134.3133°W					AK-BC
Boundary Peak 99		Haines†	7224feet	58.9797°N -134.4064°W					AK-BC
Boundary Peak 100		Haines†	6509feet	59.0389°N -134.3792°W					AK-BC
Boundary Peak 101		Haines†	7536feet	59.0894°N -134.4464°W					AK-BC
Boundary Peak 102		Haines†	7237feet	59.1319°N -134.4831°W					AK-BC
Boundary Peak 103		Haines†	6526feet	59.1314°N -134.5625°W					AK-BC
Boundary Peak 104	Mount Pullen	Haines†	5663feet	59.1925°N -134.6775°W					AK-BC
Boundary Peak 105	Mount Canning	Haines†	5784feet	59.2497°N -134.7011°W					AK-BC
Boundary Peak 106		Haines†	6155feet	59.2814°N -134.9575°W					AK-BC
Boundary Peak 107	Mount Bagot	Haines/Skagway	7155feet	59.3483°N -135.0247°W					AK-BC; named after Charles Bagot
Boundary Peak 108		Haines†	6742feet	59.3875°N -134.9892°W					AK-BC
Boundary Peak 109		Skagway†	6069feet	59.4281°N -135.1003°W					AK-BC
Boundary Peak 111		Skagway†	5800feet	59.475°N -135.0261°W					AK-BC
Boundary Peak 144		Haines†	4049feet	59.465°N -136.3067°W					AK-BC
Boundary Peak 150		Haines†	4885feet	59.4658°N -136.4747°W					AK-BC
Boundary Peak 151		Haines†	6696feet	59.3769°N -136.4758°W					AK-BC
Boundary Peak 154		Haines†	5292feet	59.2844°N -136.4667°W					AK-BC
Boundary Peak 155		Haines†	5554feet	59.275°N -136.4942°W					AK-BC
Boundary Peak 156	Mount Harris	Haines†	5289feet	59.2625°N -136.4878°W					AK-BC
Boundary Peak 157		Hoonah-Angoon*	5584feet	59.1664°N -136.5828°W					AK-BC
Boundary Peak 158		Hoonah-Angoon*	5430feet	59.1603°N -136.8275°W					AK-BC
Boundary Peak 159		Hoonah-Angoon*	5761feet	59.1361°N -136.8739°W					AK-BC
Boundary Peak 160	Mount Barnard	Hoonah-Angoon*	8173feet^[34]	59.1011°N -136.9678°W				^[35]	AK-BC
Boundary Peak 161	Mount Forde	Hoonah-Angoon*	6883feet	59.0322°N -137.1758°W				^[36]	AK-BC
Boundary Peak 162	Mount Turner	Hoonah-Angoon*	8661feet	59°N -137.2797°W					AK-BC
Boundary Peak 163	Mount Quincy Adams	Hoonah-Angoon*	13146feet	58.9086°N -137.4519°W					AK-BC
Boundary Peak 164	Mount Fairweather	Yakutat†	15157feet	58.9069°N -137.5269°W					AK-BC
Boundary Peak 165	Mount Root	Yakutat†	11657feet	58.9864°N -137.5019°W						AK-BC
Boundary Peak 166	Mount Lodge	Yakutat†	10272feet	59.1069°N -137.5414°W					AK-BC
Boundary Peak 167	Mount Hay	Yakutat†	8284feet	59.2444°N -137.6064°W					AK-BC
Boundary Peak 172	Mount Herbert	Yakutat†	5128feet	59.7681°N -138.6358°W					AK-BC
Boundary Peak 173		Yakutat†	5118feet	59.8069°N -138.6806°W					AK-BC
Boundary Peak 174	Mount Duff	Yakutat†	6470feet	59.905°N -138.7214°W					AK-BC
Boundary Peak 175	Mount Armour	Yakutat†	6834feet	59.9064°N -138.7178°W					AK-BC; named after John Douglas Armour (1830–1903), Chief Justice of the High Court of Ontario, and Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, one of the original Canadian members of the Alaskan Boundary Tribunal in 1903; succeeded after his death by A.B.Aylesworth (cf. Mount Aylesworth)
Boundary Peak 176	Mount Aylesworth	Yakutat†	7926feet	59.9247°N -138.7961°W					AK-BC; named after Sir Allen Bristol Aylesworth (1854–1952), Canadian constitutional lawyer and member of Alaskan Boundary Tribunal, 1903, succeeding J.D. Armour after his death; Canadian Minister of justice, 1906–11 and later Canadian Senator.
Boundary Peak 177	Mount Jetté	Yakutat†	7966feet	59.9944°N -139.0528°W					AK-BC
Boundary Peak 178	Mount Seattle	Yakutat†	9482feet	60.0861°N -139.1958°W					AK-YT
Boundary Peak 179	Mount Hubbard	Yakutat†	14872feet	60.3186°N -139.0714°W					AK-YT
Boundary Peak 180	Mount Alverstone	Yakutat†	13904feet	60.3503°N -139.0772°W					AK-YT
Boundary Peak 181	Mount Vancouver-Good Neighbor Peak	Yakutat†	15013feet	60.3292°N -139.6906°W					AK-YT
Boundary Peak 182	Mount Cook	Yakutat†	12857feet	60.1775°N -139.9819°W					AK-YT
Boundary Peak 183	Mount Augusta	Yakutat†	12857feet	60.3031°N -140.4558°W					AK-YT; named in 1891 by I.C. Russell of the USGS in honor of his wife Augusta Olmstead Russell
Boundary Peak 184		Yakutat†	4665feet	60.2169°N -140.5242°W					AK-YT
Boundary Peak 185		Yakutat†	9777feet	60.2594°N -140.7756°W					AK-YT
Boundary Peak 186	Mount Saint Elias	Yakutat†	18035feet	60.2933°N -140.9294°W					AK-YT
Boundary Peak 187		Yakutat†	13071feet	60.3075°N -140.9969°W					AK-YT; this is the westernmost point in Canada

See also

• Alaska boundary dispute
• Boundary Ranges
• List of peaks on the Alberta–British Columbia border

Notes and References

1. Book: Hubbard, Bill Jr. . American Boundaries: the Nation, the States, the Rectangular Survey . 2009 . University of Chicago Press . 978-0-226-35591-7 . 97.
2. There are more than one GNIS ID for the same peak when there is a numbered name as well as an alternate
3. Elevation is from CME; USGS gives 5131'
4. http://www.bivouac.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=7350 Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia entry
5. Elevation is from CME, USGS gives 6238'
6. http://www.bivouac.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=3062 Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia entry
7. http://www.bivouac.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=3064 Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia entry
8. Elevation is from Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia, USGS gives 6342
9. http://www.bivouac.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=3066 Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia entry
10. Elevation from Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia; GNIS gives 5085' but CME data is STRIM; CME also labels this as Boundary Peak 28
11. http://www.bivouac.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=3068 Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia entry - NB lists as "Boundary Peak 28"
12. Elevation from CME, USGS has 5669'
13. http://www.bivouac.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=3070 Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia entry
14. GNIS elevation is 3028, elevation given is from CME
15. http://www.bivouac.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=11563 Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia entry
16. USGS for Mt Lewis Cass entry gives 6050; CME notes that the main summit of the Lewis Cass massif is 6890' but Boundary Peak 47 is its eastern subpeak
17. http://www.bivouac.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=15491 Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia entry
18. elevation from CME, USGS for Boundary Peak 48 gives 6486, while USGS for Mt Pounder gives 6493
19. http://www.bivouac.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=3072 Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia entry
20. Elevation from CME; USGS gives 5292
21. http://www.bivouac.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=7369 Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia entry
22. CME gives 5778 for Mt Whipple; USGS for Mt Whipple gives 5279
23. http://www.bivouac.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=3076 Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia entry
24. Elevation from CME, USGS gives 4737', BCGNIS says 4340'
25. http://www.bivouac.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=3078 Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia entry
26. Elevation from CME; USGS gives 3465', BCGNIS says 4207'
27. http://www.bivouac.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=3090 Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia entry
28. Elevation from CME, USGS gives 4737'
29. http://www.bivouac.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=3091 Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia entry
30. Elevation from CME, USGS gives 3989'
31. http://www.bivouac.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=3092 Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia entry
32. Elevation from CME, USGS gives 9373' BCGNIS gives 10002'
33. http://www.bivouac.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=3096 Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia entry
34. elev is from CME, USGS says 7805 for this entry, 7592 for Mt Barnard entry
35. http://bivouac.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=3174 Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia entry "Mount Barnard"
36. https://bivouac.com//MtnPg.asp?MtnId=3175 Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia entry "Mount Forde"