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Mount Minnes

  • 2423 m (7,950ft)
  • Naming History
54.1625N -120.065W
Located in the Kakwa River Valley at the head of Gorman Creek; northeast buttress of Hanington Pass

Province: BC
Headwater: Smoky
Year Named: 1923
Named by: Rev. George D. Kilpatrick
Named for: Minnes, Dr. R.S. (While climbing in this area, Rev. Kilpatrick named the peak after Dr. Minnes who was referred to as the best known and universally honoured eye specialist in Ottawa, Ontario at the time.)