Mount Lester Pearson

{{Short description|Mountain in British Columbia, Canada}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Lester Pearson

| photo =

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| elevation_m = 3086

| elevation_ref = {{cite bivouac|id=2775|name=Mount Lester Pearson|access-date=2006-07-23}}

| prominence_m = 316

| prominence_ref=

| range = Premier Range

| listing = Mountains of British Columbia

| location = British Columbia, Canada

| district = Cariboo Land District

| map = Canada British Columbia

| map_caption = Location in British Columbia

| map_size = 225

| coordinates = {{coord|52|46|47|N|119|32|42|W|type:mountain_region:CA-BC_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref = {{cite bcgnis|id=1329|title=Mount Lester Pearson|access-date=2009-01-24}}

| topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|83|D|13}}

| first_ascent =

| easiest_route =

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Mount Lester Pearson is a {{convert|3086|m|ft|0|adj=on}} mountain located in the Premier Range of the Cariboo Mountains in the east-central interior of British Columbia, Canada. The mountain is located south of the head of the McLennan River and {{convert|21|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} west of Valemount, British Columbia.

The name honours the fourteenth Prime Minister of Canada and 1957 recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, Lester Pearson, who died in 1972. The mountain was officially named after Pearson in 1973.

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{{Columbia Mountains}}

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Category:Three-thousanders of British Columbia

Category:Cariboo Mountains

Category:Cariboo Land District

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