Comox Glacier

Comox Glacier is a prominent alpine landmark in Strathcona Provincial Park on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, in the Vancouver Island Ranges of the Insular Mountains. Its highest associated point, a 1,960-meter rocky outcrop on the glacier’s north side, is commonly called the Comox Glacier summit though it has no official name. The glacier lies in rugged, remote mountain country reached by backcountry routes rather than roads. Its name derives from the K'ómoks First Nation, whose tradition calls the mountain Kwénis, or “whale,” linking it to a Great Flood story. Known as Dome Glacier in the early 1900s, it officially became Comox Glacier in 1939.

British Columbia · Canada