Mount McHarg | |
Elevation M: | 2888 |
Elevation Ref: | [1] |
Prominence M: | 30 |
Prominence Ref: | [2] |
Range: | Spray Mountains |
Parent Peak: | Mount Worthington (2915 m) |
Country: | Canada |
Region Type: | Provinces |
District: | Kootenay Land District[3] |
Map: | Canada Alberta#Canada British Columbia |
Map Size: | 200 |
Label Position: | right#left |
Coordinates: | 50.6256°N -115.305°W |
Coordinates Ref: | [4] |
Mount McHarg is located in Height of the Rockies Provincial Park and straddles the Continental Divide marking the Alberta-British Columbia border.[3] It was named in 1918 after Lieutenant Colonel William Frederick Richard Hart-McHarg, British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own Rifles).[1] McHarg was a British Columbia lawyer who practised in Rossland, British Columbia before serving in the Boer War where he suffered near-fatal injuries. McHarg died in April 2015 while on a reconnaissance mission in World War I.[3] Vancouver's Georgia Viaduct was originally named McHarg Viaduct.