Mount Alfred
{{Short description|Mountain in British Columbia, Canada}}
{{About|the mountain in Canada}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Alfred
| photo = MtAlfred.JPG
| photo_caption = Snow-covered Mt. Alfred
| elevation_m = 2420
| elevation_ref = {{cite bivouac|name=Mount Alfred|id=882|access-date=2008-10-11}}
| prominence_m = 1318
| range = Pacific Ranges
| listing = Mountains of British Columbia
| location = Jervis Inlet , British Columbia, Canada
| district = New Westminster Land District
| map = Canada British Columbia
| range_coordinates =
| map_caption = Location in British Columbia
| label_position = right
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-zoom = 8
| mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Mount Alfred
| coordinates = {{coord|50|12|22|N|124|04|36|W|type:mountain_region:CA-BC_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|92|K|1}}
| first_ascent = 1929 by Arthur Tinniswood Dalton and Percy Williams Easthope
| easiest_route =
}}
Mount Alfred is a mountain located at the Queen Reach arm and head of the Jervis Inlet within the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in British Columbia, Canada. The mountain is the highest in the portion of the mainland between Jervis and Toba Inlets, with its {{convert|1318|m|ft|0}} prominence defined by the pass at the head of the Skwawka River, which feeds the head of Jervis Inlet. The unofficially-named Alfred Creek Falls, on Alfred Creek which drains off the mountain's glaciers southeast into the Skwawka, is one of Canada's highest waterfalls at {{convert|700|m|ft|0}}.{{Cite web| url=http://www.waterfallsnorthwest.com/bc_waterfall.php?num=861&p=0|title=Alfred Creek Falls|publisher=Waterfalls of the Pacific Northwest|access-date=2009-12-25}}
Naming
The mountain was named during the 1860 survey by {{HMS|Plumper|1848|6}} who charted all of the area and was named after Alfred Edward "Affie", who was the third child and second son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of England, and who was Duke of Edinburgh from his birth in 1844 until his death in 1900.{{cite bcgnis|id=997|name=Mount Alfred|access-date=2010-12-01}}{{cite book|author=Hitz, Charles W.|year=2003|title=Through the Rapids - The History of Princess Louisa Inlet|page=54|publisher=Sikta 2 Publishing|location=Kirkland, WA|isbn=0-9720255-0-2}}
The first ascent of Mount Alfred was made in 1929 by Arthur Tinniswood Dalton and Percy Williams Easthope.
Gallery
File:Dusk.jpg|Mt.Alfred seen from the Jervis Inlet at Dusk.
File:Alfred.JPG|Mt. Alfred as seen from the Helena side of the mountain
File:AlfredAir.jpg|Behind Mt. Alfred from 20,000 feet.
See also
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080616084659/http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/cartogr/img_html/dir_1/cm_c2308.htm CM_C2308 Fraser River to N.E.Pt. of Texada Island including Howe Sound and Jervis Inlet 'Annotated' 1863.02.16 1865.08]{{Clarification|ambiguous site|date=December 2017}}
- [https://archive.today/20121128010529/http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/www2i/.cartogr/img_lrg/dir_1/is_2_a/cm_c2308.jpg Detail Map of Mt. Alfred] from the 1860 Survey Map of the Jervis Inlet and Mt. Alfred.
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