Mount Fox (Selkirk Mountains) Explained

Mount Fox
Elevation M:3196
Prominence M:411
Range:Selkirk Mountains
Parent Peak:Mount Dawson
Listing:Mountains of British Columbia
Region Type:Province
Region:British Columbia
District:Kootenay Land District
Part Type:Protected area
Part:Glacier National Park
Map:Canada British Columbia#Canada
Map Size:250
Label Position:left
Coordinates:51.1689°N -117.4214°W
Coordinates Ref:[1]
First Ascent:1890 by Harold W. Topham, Harry Sinclair, Samuel Yves

Mount Fox in the Selkirk Mountains of Canada was named, by William Green, in honour of Harry Fox who perished with William Donkin and two Swiss guides, in the Caucasus Mountains. Mount Donkin is nearby.

Harry Fox (30 September 1856 – on or after 30 August 1888) was an English gentleman (also lived at Tone Dale House, Wellington, Somerset, England) who was a sportsman and adventurer. He played cricket and rugby for his country, and began climbing mountains in the mid-1880s.[2]

In 1884 he started mountaineering, and within two years he was well known in the mountain climbing community, and a well-regarded alpine explorer. In 1888, he travelled with William Frederick Donkin to the Caucasus Mountains in the Russian Empire in a bid to be the first people to climb Koshtan-Tau, but the pair, along with their Swiss guides, died in an accident.

For the purposes of his will, Fox's death was recorded as being "on or since the 30th August, 1888, at some place unknown."

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Fox is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[3] Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains west into the Incomappleux River, or east into the Beaver River.

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Notes and References

  1. JAGTX. Mount Fox. 2016-08-04.
  2. Book: Dorothy. Lomas. The Foxes of Wellington. Carly Press. Amazon. 41.
  3. Peel, M. C. . Finlayson, B. L. . McMahon, T. A. . 2007 . Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification . Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. . 11 . 1633–1644 . 1027-5606.