Mount Sir Donald

{{Short description|Mountain summit in Canada}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Sir Donald

| photo = Mount Sir Donald from Abbot Ridge.jpg

| photo_caption = Mount Sir Donald from Abbott Ridge

| elevation_m = 3284

| elevation_ref = {{cite bivouac |id=2377 |name=Mount Sir Donald |accessdate=2008-12-27}}

| prominence_m = 874

| prominence_ref =

| parent_peak = Mount Dawson

| location = British Columbia, Canada

| district = Kootenay Land District

| range = Selkirk Mountains

| map = British Columbia#Canada

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

| label_position =

| coordinates = {{coord|51|15|47.2|N|117|25|53.0|W|type:mountain_region:CA-BC_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref =

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

| type =

| first_ascent = Emil Huber, Carl Sulzer, Harry Cooper, 1890

| easiest_route =

}}

Mount Sir Donald is a {{Convert|3284|m|ft|abbr=off|adj=on}} mountain summit located in the Rogers Pass area of Glacier National Park in the Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia, Canada. Its good rock quality and classic Matterhorn shape make it popular for alpine rock climbers, and the Northwest Arete route is included in the popular book Fifty Classic Climbs of North America.

It was originally named Syndicate Peak in honor of the group who arranged the finances for the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway, but was later renamed after Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, head of the syndicate.

The first ascent was made in 1890 by Emil Huber and Carl Sulzer of Switzerland and porter Harry Cooper.{{cite news |title=On The Top Of Mount Sir Donald |newspaper=The New York Times |date=1890-08-08 |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F05E2D9133BE533A2575BC0A96E9C94619ED7CF |access-date=2008-12-27}} As of the 1910s, an average of three or four ascents per year were being made.{{cite book |title=Mountaineering and Exploration in the Selkirks |author=Howard Palmer |publisher=G. P. Putnam's sons |year=1914 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/mountaineeringa00palmgoog/page/n92 46] |url=https://archive.org/details/mountaineeringa00palmgoog}}