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Looking west-southwest to Mount Vanbuskirk (left) and Phillips Peak from Mount Lyall (courtesy Allan Schierman)

Mount Vanbuskirk

  • 2820 m (9,252ft)
  • First Ascent
  • Naming History
49.9397N -115.056W
Located east of Brule Creek at the head of Weigert Creek

Province: BC
Headwater: Kootenay
Ascent Date: 1972
Ascent Party: J. Brownell, J. Killam,
Ascent Guide: A. Larson
Year Named: 1964
Named for: Vanbuskirk, Corporal William E. (Cpl. Vanbuskirk, from Fernie, BC, was killed in action during WW II.)