Mount Macpherson

Mount Macpherson is a prominent peak in British Columbia’s Gold Range of the Monashee Mountains, rising west of the Columbia River and Upper Arrow Lake near Revelstoke. Visible from the town, the Trans-Canada Highway, and the Revelstoke Mountain Resort ski area, it is a familiar part of the local landscape. The mountain was named for Sir David Lewis Macpherson, a Canadian businessman, senator, and Minister of the Interior, and the name was officially adopted in 1932 after appearing in print by 1887 and likely earlier. Its subarctic climate brings cold, snowy winters, mild summers, and conditions severe enough to sustain a small pocket glacier on its northeast face.

British Columbia · Canada