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Photo: Emigrants Mountain from the northeast on Mount Elysium (courtesy (Copyright) J.M. Rhemtulla and E.S. Higgs, University of Alberta.

Emigrants Mountain

  • 2553 m (8,376ft)
  • Naming History
52.9428N -118.314W
Located in the Miette River Valley north of Minaga Creek and 2 km southeast of Elysium Pass

Range: Victoria Cross
Province: Alberta
Park: Jasper
Headwater: Athabasca
Major Valley: Miette
Visible from Highway: 16
Year Named: 1916
Named for: The mountain commemorates the over 30,000 miners who travelled from the California goldfields to the Cariboo Mountains during the Cariboo Goldrush (1860-1863).

Photo: Looking north to Emigrants Mountain from Highway #16

Photo: Looking north to Emigrants Mountain from Highway #16