Golden Ears Group
{{Short description|Mountainous area of British Columbia, Canada}}
File:Golden Ears peak.jpg viewed while climbing]]
Image:Edge Peak.jpg from the north]]
Image:Blanshard Peak.jpg from near the summit of Golden Ears]]
The Golden Ears is the name used by the Bivouac Mountain Encyclopedia for a group of mountains in the southern portion of Golden Ears Provincial Park, and visible to most of the Lower Mainland of British Columbia. It is a part of the Garibaldi Ranges, and is located in Golden Ears Provincial Park.
Historically there has been confusion regarding the name of the area. Originally, the massif was referred to as The Golden Eyries,Fairley-86Ricker-CAJ83 which became corrupted to Golden Ears in reference to the pointy ears-like shape of the double summit of the mountain now named Golden Ears. Although already known as the Golden Ears, the mountain was dubbed Mount Blanshard by Lieut. Richard Charles Mayne in 1859, in honour of the first governor of the colony of Vancouver Island.{{BCGNIS|5754|Blanshard, Mount}}
Some time after this, the peaks in the area were conferred their existing names:
- Golden Ears {{Convert|1716|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}, the twin summit
- Edge Peak {{Convert|1680|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}, a large blocky summit in the center of the group, named for Sam Edge who climbed it in 1876
- Blanshard Peak {{Convert|1550|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}, the dramatic peak at the southernmost end of the group, also known as The Blanshard NeedleCanadian Mountain Encyclopedia entry
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References
- {{cite encyclopedia
|url = http://www.canadianmountainencyclopedia.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=1184
|title = Blanshard Peak
|accessdate = 2007-02-18
|encyclopedia = Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia
|url-status = dead
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070322001345/http://www.canadianmountainencyclopedia.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=1184
|archivedate = 2007-03-22
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- {{cite book
| last = Fairley
| first = Bruce
| authorlink = Bruce Fairley
| title = A Guide to Climbing and Hiking in Southwestern British Columbia
| publisher = Gordon Soules Book Publishers Ltd.
| series =
| year = 1986
| doi =
|page=251
| chapter= Chapter 22 Coquitlam Pitt
| isbn = 0-919574-99-8}}
- {{cite journal
| last = Ricker
| first = Karl
| authorlink =Karl Ricker
| year = 1983
| title =
| journal = Canadian Alpine Journal
| volume = 66
| issue =
| pages =40–43
| url =
}}
- {{citation|author=Canada Centre for Mapping|title=Stave Lake 92G/08 Edition 4|publisher=Department of Energy Mines and Resources|year=1992}}
- {{citation|author=Canada Centre for Mapping|title=Port Coquitlam 92G/07 Edition 5|publisher=Department of Energy Mines and Resources|year=1999}}
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Category:Maple Ridge, British Columbia
Category:Mountains of the Lower Mainland
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