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Photo: Tonquin Hill (extreme right) from Mount Clitheroe: M.P. Bridgland, 1915. Digital image copyright 2000, University of Alberta.

Tonquin Hill

  • 2396 m (7,861ft)
  • Naming History
  • Hiking and Trails
52.7378N -118.327W
Located on the continental divide northwest of Amethyst Lakes; southeast buttress of Vista Pass; north buttress of Moat/Tonquin Pass

Province: Alberta/BC
Park: Jasper/Mount Robson
Headwater: Athabasca/Fraser
Year Named: 1916
Named by: E. Deville (Director of the Geological Survey of Canada)
Named for: The name commemorates the ship which carried the Astor Expedition to the mouth of the Columbia in 1810. Indians killed most of the crew, the survivors then blew up the ship killing themselves.)
Popular Hike: Tonquin Valley