Mount Carr

Mountain in the country of Canada

Mount Carr

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Mount Carr

Mount Carr (Canada)

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CountryCanadaProvinceBritish ColumbiaDistrictNew Westminster Land DistrictProtected areaGaribaldi Provincial ParkParent rangeGaribaldi Ranges
Coast MountainsTopo mapNTS 92G15 Mamquam Mountain^[3]ClimbingFirst ascent1911Easiest routevia Sphinx Glacier^[4]

Mount Carr is a 2,590-metre (8,497-foot) mountain summit located in British Columbia, Canada.

Description

Mount Carr is set within Garibaldi Provincial Park and is part of the Garibaldi Ranges of the Coast Mountains.^[1] It is situated 70 km (43 mi) north of Vancouver and 2 km (1 mi) south-southeast of line parent Castle Towers Mountain.^[1] Precipitation runoff and glacial meltwater from the west side of the peak drains to Garibaldi Lake, and the eastern slope drains to Cheakamus Lake. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1,440 meters (4,724 feet) above Isosceles Creek in 4 kilometers (2.5 miles).

History

The peak is named after Frank Edward Carr (1886–1915), Vancouver post office clerk and British Columbia Mountaineering Club executive member, who served with the 7th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Forces, in Canada, England and France during World War I.^[5] He was killed in action April 26, 1915, in France and is commemorated at the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing in Belgium.^[6] The toponym was officially adopted September 2, 1930, by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.^[3]

The first ascent of Mt. Carr, which at the time was known as Copper Peak, was made in 1911 by a large BC Mountaineering Club party including Don Munday.^[4]^[7]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Carr is located in the marine west coast climate zone of western North America.^[8] Most weather fronts originate in the Pacific Ocean, and travel east toward the Coast Mountains where they are forced upward by the range (Orographic lift), causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall. As a result, the Coast Mountains experience high precipitation, especially during the winter months in the form of snowfall. Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. This climate supports the Sphinx Glacier on the west slope, Gray Glacier on the east, and the Cheakamus Glacier on the north slope.

Gallery

Phyllis's Engine (lower left) and Mount Carr (upper right)
Mount Davidson (left), Mount Carr (center) above Cheakamus Glacier, and Castle Towers Mountain (right). North aspect.
Mt. Carr (top, right of center) with Phyllis's Engine, centered, viewed from west summit of Castle Towers Mountain.
Castle Towers Mountain (left of center), Phyllis's Engine (center), Mt. Carr (right) viewed from Garibaldi Lake.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Mount Carr, British Columbia". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Mount Carr, Peakvisor.com". Retrieved 2023-01-06.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Mount Carr". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
^ ^a ^b Dick Culbert (1969), A Climber's Guide to the Coastal Ranges of British Columbia, Alpine Club of Canada, p. 136
^ "Mount Carr". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
^ Private Frank Edward Carr, veterans.gc.ca
^ Kathryn Bridge (2006), A Passion for Mountains: The Lives of Don and Phyllis Munday, Rocky Mountain Books, ISBN 9781894765695, p. 224
^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11. ISSN 1027-5606.