Photo: Mount Packenham from Hood Creek on Highway #40
Mount Packenham
- 3000 m (9,843ft)
- First Ascent
- Naming History
50.7536N -115.091W
Located 1 km south of Mount Evan-Thomas, north of the head of Hood Creek
Range: Opal
Province: Alberta
Park: Kananaskis
Headwater: Bow
Visible from Highway: 40S, 742
Located 1 km south of Mount Evan-Thomas, north of the head of Hood Creek
Range: Opal
Province: Alberta
Park: Kananaskis
Headwater: Bow
Visible from Highway: 40S, 742
Ascent Date: 1954
Ascent Party: M. Dixon, N. Gish, S.G. Pearson, P. Rainier
Ascent Party: M. Dixon, N. Gish, S.G. Pearson, P. Rainier
Year Named: 1922
Named for: Pakenham, Rear Admiral W.C. (Rear Admiral Pakenham was in command of the Second Battle Cruiser Squadron at the Battle of Jutland during WW I.)
Named for: Pakenham, Rear Admiral W.C. (Rear Admiral Pakenham was in command of the Second Battle Cruiser Squadron at the Battle of Jutland during WW I.)
Note that the name of Rear-Admiral Pakenham was mis-spelled "Packenham" when the name was given to the peak by the Interprovincial Boundary Commission. Together with Mount Blane, Mount Packenham is one of the most impressive of the Opal Range peaks. It may be viewed from Highway #40 through the valleys cut by Ripple Rock Creek and Hood Creek.