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Mount Sinclair is a prominent peak in Kootenay National Park in British Columbia, the third-highest point in the Stanford Range of the Canadian Rockies. Its steep rise above surrounding valleys and its position on a drainage divide, with water flowing east to the Kootenay River and west toward the Columbia River through Sinclair Creek, give it a striking presence. The mountain is named for Hudson’s Bay Company trader and explorer James Sinclair, who in 1841 led 121 people from 23 Métis families through nearby Sinclair Pass from the Red River Colony. Officially adopted in 1924, the name ties the mountain to an important western Canadian journey.
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