Earth:Mount Gallatin
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| Mount Gallatin | |
|---|---|
| Boundary Peak 67 | |
  Mount Gallatin Location along Alaska / BC border | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,526 m (5,007 ft) [1][2] |
| Prominence | 786 m (2,579 ft) [1] |
| Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] : 56°45′14″N 131°54′02″W / 56.75389°N 131.90056°W [3] |
| Geography | |
| Location | British Columbia, Canada Alaska, United States |
| Parent range | Boundary Ranges |
| Topo map | NTS Script error: No such module "Canada NTS". USGS Bradfield Canal D-6 |
Mount Gallatin, also known as Boundary Peak 67,[3] [4] is a mountain in the Boundary Ranges along the British Columbia-Alaska border.
The Tasakili River begins to the north of Mount Gallatin, within Alaska, then crosses the border shortly after its source, flowing southeast at the foot of the mountain to the Stikine River.[5] Mount Gallatin is the peak immediately north of where the Stikine crosses the international boundary. Just inside that boundary on the Canadian side, at the foot of Mount Gallatin, is the locality and former border post of Stikine, formerly known as Boundary.[6]
Name origin
In 1924 the USGS named the mountain after Albert Gallatin, one of the US commissioners who negotiated the Treaty of Ghent which ended the War of 1812.[3]
See also
- List of Boundary Peaks of the Alaska–British Columbia/Yukon border
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Mount Gallatin". http://www.bivouac.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=3091. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
- ↑ GNIS gives 4,931 ft (1,503 m). BC GeoNames gives 5,008 ft (1,526 m)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Mount Gallatin". United States Geological Survey. https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1420599.
- ↑ "Mount Gallatin". BC Geographical Names. https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/5242.html. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
- ↑ "Tasakili River". United States Geological Survey. https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1415190.
- ↑ "Stikine (locality)". BC Geographical Names. https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/7822.html. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
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