Mount Selwyn

Mount Selwyn is a 3,335-metre peak in Glacier National Park, British Columbia, within the Selkirk Mountains. Named Deville in 1888 by Rev. William S. Green, it was later renamed for Alfred Richard Cecil Selwyn, a leader of the Geological Survey of Canada and the Royal Society of Canada, with the present name officially adopted in 1932. Its subarctic climate, with severe cold and heavy snow, has shaped a strongly glaciated setting that includes Fox Glacier, The Bishops Glacier, the Deville Névé, and the Deville Glacier. Meltwater drains to the Beaver River, and the first recorded ascent came in 1890.

British Columbia · Canada