Eaton Peak

Eaton Peak is a 2,117-metre double-summit mountain in the Canadian Cascades of southwestern British Columbia, near Hope, with runoff feeding Silverhope Creek in the Fraser River watershed. First climbed in 1950, it was officially named in 1955 for Canadian Army Private Douglas B. Eaton, killed in action in 1944 during the Second World War; nearby Eaton Creek and Eaton Lake honor his younger brother William, who was killed a year earlier. The peak is tied geologically to the Chilliwack batholith and Pemberton Volcanic Belt, while Pleistocene glaciation and a wet Pacific climate helped shape its deep valleys, rugged relief, and severe winter conditions.

British Columbia · Canada