Mount Dunkirk
- 3030 m (9,941ft)
- First Ascent
- Naming History
52.2611N -118.419W
Located in the Dawson Creek Valley
Province: BC
Headwater: Athabasca
Located in the Dawson Creek Valley
Province: BC
Headwater: Athabasca
Ascent Date: 1940
Ascent Party: H.S. Hall jr.
Ascent Guide: Edward Feuz jr.
Ascent Party: H.S. Hall jr.
Ascent Guide: Edward Feuz jr.
Year Named: 1940
Named by: Henry S. Hall jr.
Named for: The peak honours the miraculous evacuation of the British Army from Dunkirk, France during WW II.
Named by: Henry S. Hall jr.
Named for: The peak honours the miraculous evacuation of the British Army from Dunkirk, France during WW II.
This peak was featured in an 1846 painting by Paul Kane. The mountain was named just a few weeks after the miraculous evacuation of the British Army from France in 1940.