The mountain is named for Queen Elizabeth I of England. Relatively nearby is Mount Raleigh, named for Sir Walter Raleigh. Other peaks in the vicinity of Queen Bess bear similar Elizabethan-related names: Pembroke, Silver Swan, Oriana, Armada, Grenville, Burghley, Howard, Walsingham, Cambridge, Cloister, Saint John, Galleon, and Monmouth. Between Queen Bess and Chilko Lake is Mount Good Hope, and northwest across the Homathko is the Waddington Range, site of the highest peak in the Coast Mountains, and the highest entirely within British Columbia, Mount Waddington.
mount, queen, bess, principal, summits, pacific, ranges, coast, mountains, southern, british, columbia, stands, west, chilko, lake, south, tatlayoko, lake, crowns, peak, studded, ridge, north, homathko, icefield, british, columbia, canadahighest, pointelevatio. Mount Queen Bess is one of the principal summits of the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains of southern British Columbia It stands west of Chilko Lake and to the south of Tatlayoko Lake and crowns a peak studded ridge to the north of the Homathko Icefield Mount Queen BessMount Queen BessBritish Columbia CanadaHighest pointElevation3 298 m 10 820 ft 1 Prominence2 355 m 7 726 ft 1 ListingMountains of British ColumbiaNorth America prominent 47thCanada highest major peaks 52ndCanada most prominent 18thCoordinates51 16 18 N 124 34 06 W 51 27167 N 124 56833 W 51 27167 124 56833 1 GeographyLocationBritish Columbia CanadaDistrictRange 2 Coast Land DistrictParent rangePacific RangesTopo mapNTS 92N7 Mount Queen BessClimbingFirst ascent1942 by Don Munday Phyllis Munday H Hall 1 Easiest routerock ice climb The mountain is named for Queen Elizabeth I of England Relatively nearby is Mount Raleigh named for Sir Walter Raleigh Other peaks in the vicinity of Queen Bess bear similar Elizabethan related names Pembroke Silver Swan Oriana Armada Grenville Burghley Howard Walsingham Cambridge Cloister Saint John Galleon and Monmouth Between Queen Bess and Chilko Lake is Mount Good Hope and northwest across the Homathko is the Waddington Range site of the highest peak in the Coast Mountains and the highest entirely within British Columbia Mount Waddington See also editMountain peaks of Canada Mountain peaks of North America Royal eponyms in CanadaReferences edit a b c d Mount Queen Bess Bivouac com Retrieved 2005 11 06 External links edit Mount Queen Bess BC Geographical Names Mount Queen Bess British Columbia on Peakbagger Mount Queen Bess photo Flickr nbsp This article about a location on the Coast of British Columbia Canada is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mount Queen Bess amp oldid 1197510647, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
