Mount Sir John Abbott

Mountain in Canada

Location in eastern British Columbia

CountryCanadaProvinceBritish ColumbiaDistrictCariboo Land DistrictParent rangePremier RangeTopo mapNTS 83D13 Kiwa Creek^[2]

Mount Sir John Abbott is a 3,398-metre (11,148 ft) mountain located in the Premier Range of the Cariboo Mountains in the east-central interior of British Columbia, Canada. It is located at the south end of the west wall of Kiwa Glacier, the source of Kiwa Creek.

The name honours the second Prime Minister of Canada, Sir John Abbott, who died in 1893. It was one of the first mountains in the Premier Range to be named after a Prime Minister, receiving its designation on September 6, 1927.^[2] It was originally named Mount Kiwa.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Mount Sir John Abbott". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2006-07-23.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Mount Sir John Abbott". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2013-06-08.

External links

Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia listing for Mount Sir John Abbott

Columbia Mountains

Cariboo
Major ranges	Mowdish Wavy Premier Christina
Mountains	Sir Wilfrid Laurier Sir John Abbott Sir John Thompson Sir Mackenzie Bowell Stanley Baldwin Arthur Meighen Richard Bennett John Oliver Lester Pearson Louis Saint Laurent Pierre Elliott Trudeau Sir Allan MacNab Mackenzie King

Monashee
Major ranges	Anstey Beaverdell Gold Jordan Kettle River Malton Midway Ratchford Rossland Scrip Whatshan
Mountains	Dunn Hallam Odin
Passes	Bonanza Eagle Monashee Sherman

Purcell
Sub-ranges	Farnham Group The Bugaboos
Mountains	Farnham Bugaboo Spire Howser Spire Pigeon Spire Snowpatch Spire
Glaciers	Toby

Selkirk
Major ranges	Battle Big Bend Bonnington Clachnacudainn Dawson Duncan Kokanee Nelson Valhalla Valkyr
Sub-ranges	Adamant Badshot Norns Ruby Sir Sandford Windy
Mountains	Abercrombie Adamant Dawson Gypsy Peak Kit Carson Krell Hill Mica Peak North Albert Sir Donald Sir Sandford Spokane
Passes	Kootenay Rogers
Glaciers	Illecillewaet