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Mount Cartier is a 2,610-metre peak in British Columbia’s Duncan Ranges of the Selkirk Mountains, southeast of Revelstoke. More notable for its dramatic local relief than its absolute height, it rises 2,174 metres above Upper Arrow Lake in just 5 kilometres, creating a steep, prominent profile. Its runoff drains west into Arrow Lakes on the Columbia River, and the area has a subarctic climate with snowy winters and mild summers. A 15-kilometre trail and fire lookout built in the early 1920s still mark the mountain’s upper slopes, and the peak is also used for helibiking. It was named for Sir George-Étienne Cartier; the name was official in 1932 and in use by 1887.
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