Mount Macdonald

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

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{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Macdonald

| photo = Rogers Pass Mount Carroll BC 1887.jpg

| photo_caption = Rogers Pass and Mount Macdonald (then Mount Carroll) on the Canadian Pacific Railway, 1887

| elevation_m = 2883

| elevation_ref = {{cite bivouac|id=2373|name=Mount Macdonald|accessdate=2010-02-13}}

| prominence_m = 518

| prominence_ref =

| parent_peak = Uto Peak

| range = Duncan Ranges ← Selkirk Mountains

| district = Kootenay Land District

| listing = Mountains of British Columbia

| location = British Columbia, Canada

| map = Canada British Columbia

| map_caption = Location in British Columbia

| label_position = left

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-zoom = 8

| mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Mount Macdonald

| coordinates = {{coord|51|18|30|N|117|28|18|W|type:mountain_region:CA-BC_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref = {{cite bcgnis|id=12222|title=Mount Macdonald|accessdate=2015-01-10}}

| topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|N|6}}

| first_ascent = 1886 by DO Lewis and several members of CPR Engineering

| easiest_route =

}}

Mount Macdonald is a mountain peak located in the Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia, Canada, immediately east of Rogers Pass in Glacier National Park. It is notable as the location of the Canadian Pacific Railway's Connaught and Mount Macdonald Tunnels. At 14.7 km, the Mount Macdonald tunnel is the longest railway tunnel in the western hemisphere.{{citation needed|date=January 2015}}

The original name of the peak was Mount Carroll (for a member of the CPR engineering team under A. B. Rogers), but was renamed to honor the first Prime Minister of Canada, Sir John A. Macdonald, by a Privy Council Order in Council #551 on 4 April 1887.

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