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Mount Evans (British Columbia)

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is significant with the summit rising 2,230 metres (7,316 ft) above the Homathko River Valley in five kilometres (3.1 mi). The mountain's toponym and current location were officially adopted January 15, 1987, by the
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and 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) south-southwest of Teaquahan Mountain, which is the nearest higher neighbor. Precipitation runoff and glacial meltwater from this mountain drains to Bute Inlet via the
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originate in the Pacific Ocean, and travel east toward the Coast Mountains where they are forced upward by the range (
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chart 580. The mountain's name origin/significance is not recorded.
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Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007).
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Index


Elevation
Prominence
Parent peak
Isolation
Listing
Mountains of British Columbia
Coordinates
50°59′42″N 124°51′04″W / 50.99500°N 124.85111°W / 50.99500; -124.85111
Mount Evans is located in British Columbia
Mount Evans is located in Canada
Canada
British Columbia
Parent range
Coast Mountains
Topo map
NTS
92K15
Southgate River
summit
British Columbia
Coast Mountains
Bute Inlet
Homathko River
Teaquahan River
topographic relief
Geographical Names Board of Canada
British Admiralty
Köppen climate classification
marine west coast

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