Chancellor Peak

Chancellor Peak is a 3,266-metre summit in Yoho National Park, part of British Columbia’s Ottertail Range, rising prominently above the Kicking Horse River valley and visible from the Trans-Canada Highway. Named in 1898 for Sir John Alexander Boyd, Chancellor of Ontario’s High Court of Justice, it was officially adopted in 1924. The first recorded ascent came on July 30, 1901, by James Outram, J. Henry Scattergood, George M. Weed, and guide Christian Hasler Sr. Formed from Cambrian sedimentary rock later thrust eastward during the Laramide orogeny, the peak stands in a subarctic climate, with runoff draining to the Kicking Horse and Columbia rivers.

British Columbia · Canada