Mount Baker

Mount Baker is a peak on the Continental Divide in the Waputik Mountains of the Canadian Rockies, on the Alberta-British Columbia border. J. Norman Collie named it in 1898 for his friend and climbing partner George Percival Baker, a textile manufacturer, gardener, and mountaineer who visited the area in 1897. Collie and Baker traveled with Peter Sarbach, and others joined them during the first week. The mountain’s naming was part of a broader period of exploration and naming in the district, when nearby peaks were also named. Its history was later complicated when some maps and documents incorrectly identified it as Stremotch Mountain.

British Columbia · Canada