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Photo: Looking southwest to the summit of Mount Owen (courtesy Kathy and Rob Taerum)

Mount Owen

  • 3087 m (10,128ft)
  • First Ascent
  • Naming History
51.3161N -116.421W
Located in the Ottertail River Valley between Float Creek and McArthur Creek

Province: BC
Park: Yoho
Headwater: Columbia
Ascent Date: 1892
Ascent Party: J.J. McArthur
Year Named: 1892
Named by: J.J. McArthur
Named for: Owen, Frank (Frank Owen was a member of J.J. McArthur's surveying party.)

Photo: Looking southwest through McArthur Pass to Mount Owen from Wiwaxy Gap (courtesy Kathy and Rob Taerum)

Looking east to Mount Owen from near Ottertail River Bridge on the Trans-Canada Highway

Looking south to Mount Owen (Goodsir Towers beyond) from Mount Stephen (courtesy Sonny Bou)