Mount Sinclair

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Sinclair

| photo = Mount Sinclair.jpg

| photo_caption = Summit centered. North aspect, from airliner.

| elevation_m = 2662

| elevation_ref ={{cite web|url=https://peakvisor.com/peak/mount-sinclair.html|title=Mount Sinclair, Peakvisor.com|access-date=2024-05-16}}

| prominence_m = 777

| prominence_ref ={{cite peakbagger|4625|Mount Sinclair, British Columbia|access-date=2024-05-16}}

| isolation_km = 9.32

| isolation_ref =

| parent_peak =

| etymology = James Sinclair

| country = Canada

| region_type = Province

| region = British Columbia

| district = Kootenay Land District{{cite cgndb|id=JBKOE|name=Mount Sinclair|access-date=2024-05-16}}

| part_type = Protected area | part = Kootenay National Park

| range = Canadian Rockies
Kootenay Ranges
Stanford Range

| listing = Mountains of British Columbia

| map = British Columbia#Canada

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

| label_position = left

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-zoom = 8

| mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Mount Sinclair

| coordinates = {{coord|50|38|28|N|115|54|45|W|type:mountain_region:CA_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref ={{cite bcgnis|20520|Mount Sinclair}}

| topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|J|12}}

| rock = Sedimentary rock

| first_ascent =

| easiest_route =

}}

Mount Sinclair is a {{Convert|2662|m|ft|abbr=off|adj=on}} mountain in British Columbia, Canada.

Description

Mount Sinclair is located {{convert|9|km|mi|spell=in}} north of Radium Hot Springs in Kootenay National Park. The peak is the third-highest point of the Stanford Range which is a subrange of the Canadian Rockies. Precipitation runoff from this mountain's east slope drains to the Kootenay River, whereas the west slope drains to the Columbia River via Sinclair Creek. Topographic relief is significant with the summit rising over 1,400 metres (4,593 ft) above Sinclair Creek in {{convert|4|km|mi|spell=in}}. The nearest higher peak is Mount Kindersley {{convert|13|km|mi}} to the north-northwest. Mount Sinclair is named after James Sinclair (1811–1856), a trader and explorer with the Hudson's Bay Company.[https://parks.canada.ca/pn-np/bc/kootenay/autochtone-indigenous Indigenous connections], Parks Canada, Retrieved 2024-05-16. In 1841, Sinclair travelled through nearby Sinclair Pass while leading an expedition consisting of 121 people from 23 Métis families from Red River Colony.George Simpson, An Overland Journey Round the World, during the Years 1841 and 1842, Lea and Blanchard, 1847, p. 62. The mountain's toponym was officially adopted on March 31, 1924, by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Sinclair is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.{{cite journal | author = Peel, M. C. |author2=Finlayson, B. L. |author3=McMahon, T. A. | year = 2007 | title = Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification | journal = Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. | volume = 11 |issue=5 |page=1633 |doi=10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 |bibcode=2007HESS...11.1633P | issn = 1027-5606 |doi-access=free }} Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.

References

External links

Weather: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-6082706/Canada/British%20Columbia/Regional%20District%20of%20East%20Kootenay/Mount%20Sinclair Mount Sinclair]
Parks Canada web site: [https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/bc/kootenay Kootenay National Park]
James Sinclair biography and image: [https://www.redriverancestry.ca/SINCLAIR-JAMES-1811.php Redriverancestry.ca]

{{Geographic Location 2

| Center = Mount Sinclair

| North = Banff–Windermere Highway

| Northeast = Kootenay River

| East = Kootenay River

| Southeast = Kootenay River

| South = Kimpton Pass

| Southwest = Columbia River

| West = Radium Hot Springs

| Northwest = Sinclair Pass

}}

Category:Two-thousanders of British Columbia