Mount McHarg

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

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount McHarg

| photo =

| photo_caption =

| elevation_m = 2888

| elevation_ref = {{cite crdb|id=883|name=Mount McHarg|access-date=2023-12-08}}{{cite opentopomap|Mount McHarg|50.62594|-115.30692|2023-12-08}}

| prominence_m = 30

| prominence_ref={{cite peakbagger|pid=48053|name=Mount McHarg|access-date=2023-12-08}}

| range = Spray Mountains

| parent_peak = Mount Worthington (2915 m)

| listing = {{unbulleted list|

Mountains of Alberta|

Mountains of British Columbia}}

| country = Canada

| region_type = Provinces

| region = {{enum|Alberta|British Columbia}}

| district = Kootenay Land District{{cite bcgnis|id=19550|name=Mount McHarg|access-date=2023-12-08}}

| map = Alberta#British Columbia#Canada

| map_caption = Location in Alberta##Location in British Columbia##Location in Canada

| label_position = right#left

| coordinates = {{coord|50|37|32|N|115|18|18|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref = {{cite cgndb|id=IAHXH|name=Mount McHarg (Alberta)|access-date=2023-12-08}}

| topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|J|11}}

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Mount McHarg is located in Height of the Rockies Provincial Park and straddles the Continental Divide marking the Alberta-British Columbia border. It was named in 1918 after Lieutenant Colonel William Frederick Richard Hart-McHarg, British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own Rifles). McHarg was a British Columbia lawyer who practised in Rossland, British Columbia before serving in the Boer War where he suffered near-fatal injuries. McHarg died in April 2015 while on a reconnaissance mission in World War I. Vancouver's Georgia Viaduct was originally named McHarg Viaduct.{{Citation | last =Akrigg | first =G.P.V. | last2 =Akrigg | first2 =Helen B. | title =British Columbia Place Names | place =Vancouver | publisher =UBC Press | year =1986 | edition =3rd, 1997 | isbn =0-7748-0636-2 | url-access =registration | url =https://archive.org/details/britishcolumbiap0000akri_w1q9 }}{{rp|168}}