Mount Lester Pearson | |
Elevation M: | 3086 |
Elevation Ref: | [1] |
Prominence M: | 316 |
Range: | Premier Range |
Listing: | Mountains of British Columbia |
Location: | British Columbia, Canada |
District: | Cariboo Land District |
Map: | Canada British Columbia |
Label Position: | left |
Map Size: | 225 |
Coordinates: | 52.7797°N -119.545°W |
Coordinates Ref: | [2] |
Mount Lester Pearson is a 30860NaN0 mountain located in the Premier Range of the Cariboo Mountains in the east-central interior of British Columbia, Canada. The mountain is located south of the head of the McLennan River and 210NaN0 west of Valemount, British Columbia.
The name honours the fourteenth Prime Minister of Canada and 1957 recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, Lester Pearson, who died in 1972. The mountain was officially named after Pearson in 1973.[2]