Deserters Peak

Deserters Peak is the 2,274-metre highest point of the Deserters Range in northern British Columbia’s Muskwa Ranges, rising on the east side of the Rocky Mountain Trench near the northern end of Williston Lake. It towers about 1,600 metres above the Finlay River across roughly 5.5 kilometres, giving it striking local relief, and its slopes drain into Deserters Creek and Rubyred Creek, both tributaries of the Finlay. The surrounding subarctic country has cold, snowy winters and mild summers. Officially adopted in 1953, the peak’s name comes from nearby canyon and creek recalling two men who deserted Samuel Black’s 1824 expedition here.

British Columbia · Canada