Mount Murray

Mount Murray, a 1,802-metre peak in the Murray Range of northern British Columbia, stands within Pine-Lemoray Provincial Park and is reached by an 8.2-kilometre trail from Highway 97. Its name honors N. F. Murray, who with G. V. Copley completed the first detailed survey and timber reconnaissance of the area for the British Columbia Forest Service in 1915. After that work, Murray joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force in 1916 and was killed at the Battle of Vimy Ridge in 1917. The mountain’s name connects the landscape to both the region’s early surveying and forestry history and the First World War.

British Columbia · Canada