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This is a list of Boundary Peaks of the Alaska–British Columbia border, including those on the Alaska–Yukon border, being those peaks named as border-points of the Canada–United States border as a result of the Alaska Boundary Settlement of 1903 and associated later surveys.
Brass or concrete survey markers were placed on the summits of the "accessible" peaks designated in the treaty, positioned such that from any one marker a surveyor could see both the previous and the next markers along the boundary line. This was done so that if ever a question arose about jurisdiction anywhere along the border, a determination could be made by sighting between two markers.[1]
Other peaks named in the treaty but not in the numbered-peak series include T Mountain,[2] in the Stikine Icecap area (57°12′41″N 132°14′54″W). Other peaks on the boundary but not named in the treaty include an unnumbered Boundary Peak[3] in the Icefield Ranges immediately north of the Alsek River (59°50′33″N 138°41′29″W) and Mount Vern Ritchie, to the north of there. Mountain passes on the boundary are few, the most important being Grand Pacific, Chilkat, Chilkoot and White Passes.
Much of Alaska is included in one of the state's boroughs, and the remainder of the state is divided into census areas. In the third column, boroughs are marked with daggers† and census areas are marked with asterisks*.
Name | Alternate Name(s) | Borough/ Census Area |
Elev. | Coordinates | USGS GNIS[4] | BCGNIS | CGNDB | Other sites | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boundary Peak 8 | Mount Welker | Ketchikan Gateway† | 5,151 ft 1,570 m[5] | 56°00′30″N 130°00′13″W | [6] | [7] | [8] | AK-BC; named "After Captain Philip A. Welker, retired, who bore a distinguished part in the survey of Alaska and its boundary"[9] | |
Boundary Peak 15 | Mount Bayard, originally Mount Lindeborg | Ketchikan Gateway† | 6,558 ft 1,999 m[10] | 56°07′22″N 130°06′14″W | [11] | [12] | [13] | AK-BC; named after Thomas F. Bayard (1828–1898), U.S. statesman and diplomat; original name after Dan Lindeborg, founder of Hyder, Alaska; Mt Lindeborg now refers to another summit in the vicinity. | |
Boundary Peak 16 | Mount Jefferson Coolidge | Ketchikan Gateway† | 6,319 ft 1,926 m | 56°05′49″N 130°14′45″W | [14] | [15] | AK-BC | ||
Boundary Peak 17 | Mount Upshur | Ketchikan Gateway† | 6,732 ft 2,052 m | 56°07′45″N 130°20′56″W | [16] | [17] | [18] | AK-BC; named after Abel P. Upshur (1790–1844), US politician and jurist | |
Boundary Peak 18 | Mount John Jay | Ketchikan Gateway† | 6,896 ft 2,102 m | 56°08′31″N 130°25′31″W | [19] | [20] | AK-BC; named after John Jay (1745–1820), U.S. statesman and jurist | ||
Boundary Peak 23 | Mount Willibert | Ketchikan Gateway† | 7,041 ft 2,146 m[21] | 56°14′36″N 130°28′04″W | [22] | [23] | [24] | AK-BC; named after Willibert Simpson, member of staff of Canadian section of the International Boundary Commission, 1893–95 | |
Boundary Peak 24 | Mount Blaine | Ketchikan Gateway† | 5,873 ft 1,790 m | 56°14′51″N 130°30′00″W | [25] | [26] | AK-BC; named after James Gillespie Blaine (1830–93), American orator and statesman | ||
Boundary Peak 27 | Mount Middleton | Ketchikan Gateway† | 5,469 ft 1,667 m[27] | 56°16′10″N 130°36′53″W | [28] | [29] | [30] | AK-BC; named after Henry Middleton (1771–1846), United States Minister to Russia, 1820–1830; negotiated the treaty of 1824 with Russia | |
Boundary Peak 40 | Mount Stoeckl | Ketchikan Gateway† | 5,997 ft 1,828 m[31] | 56°22′02″N 130°46′54″W | [32] | [33] | [34] | AK-BC; named after Russian Privy Councillor Baron Edward de Stoeckl, Russian Minister to the U.S., who signed the convention ceding Alaska to the United States of America on 30 March 1867. | |
Boundary Peak 41 | Mosheim Dome | Ketchikan Gateway† | 6,417 ft 1,956 m[35] | 56°22′27″N 130°48′59″W | [36] | [37] | [38] | AK-BC; named after Adolph Mosheim, an assistant surveyor with the United States party to the boundary survey in this area, 1905 | |
Boundary Peak 47 | Mount Lewis Cass | Ketchikan Gateway† | 6,030 ft 1,840 m[39] | 56°24′42″N 131°05′07″W | [40] | [41] | [42] | AK-BC; named after Lewis Cass (1782–1866), U. S. soldier and statesman | |
Boundary Peak 48 | Mount Pounder | Petersburg† | 6,512 ft 1,985 m[43] | 56°26′59″N 131°10′25″W | [44] | [45] | [46] | AK-BC; named after John A. Pounder, surveyor with the International Boundary Commission, 1909 | |
Boundary Peak 53 | Mount Fawcett | Wrangell† | 6,214 ft 1,894 m[47] | 56°33′11″N 131°28′07″W | [48] | [49] | [50] | AK-BC; named after Thomas Fawcett, DTS, engineer with the Canadian section of the International Boundary Commission, 1911–20 | |
Boundary Peak 54 | Mount Whipple | Wrangell† | 5,233 ft 1,595 m[51] | 56°36′46″N 131°34′44″W | [52] | [53] | [54] | AK-BC | |
Boundary Peak 62 | Mount Cote | Wrangell† | 4,377 ft 1,334 m[55] | 56°45′14″N 131°53′56″W | [56] | [57] | [58] | AK-BC; named after Jean Leon Côté (1867–1924), Departmental Land Surveyor who worked on preliminary boundary surveys in the 1890s; later Alberta MLA and member of the Senate of Canada, 1924. Also commemorated by Mount Côté on the BC–Alberta boundary in the Canadian Rockies | |
Boundary Peak 66 | Elbow Mountain | Wrangell† | 4,245 ft 1,294 m[59] | 56°42′11″N 131°51′39″W | [60] | [61] | [62] | AK-BC | |
Boundary Peak 67 | Mount Gallatin | Wrangell† | 5,098 ft 1,554 m[63] | 56°45′16″N 131°54′05″W | [64] | [65] | [66] | AK-BC; named after Albert Gallatin, one of the US commissioners who negotiated the Treaty of Ghent | |
Boundary Peak 68 | Mount Talbot | Wrangell† | 4,452 ft 1,357 m[67] | 56°48′22″N 131°52′24″W | [68] | [69] | [70] | AK-BC; Captain A.C. Talbot, international boundary surveyor, 1893 and 1895 | |
Boundary Peak 69 | Wrangell† | 6,913 ft 2,107 m | 56°52′27″N 132°07′23″W | [71] | AK-BC | ||||
Boundary Peak 70 | Kates Needle | Petersburg† | 10,016 ft 3,053 m[72] | 57°02′42″N 132°02′40″W | [73] | [74] | [75] | AK-BC | |
Boundary Peak 71 | Devils Thumb | Petersburg† | 8,560 ft 2,610 m | 57°05′29″N 132°22′20″W | [76] | AK-BC | |||
Boundary Peak 72 | Petersburg† | 7,533 ft 2,296 m | 57°12′44″N 132°14′58″W | [77] | AK-BC | ||||
Boundary Peak 73 | Hoonah-Angoon* | 7,782 ft 2,372 m | 57°20′59″N 132°22′07″W | [78] | AK-BC | ||||
Boundary Peak 74 | Hoonah-Angoon* | 6,289 ft 1,917 m | 57°29′49″N 132°33′20″W | [79] | AK-BC | ||||
Boundary Peak 75 | Hoonah-Angoon* | 7,487 ft 2,282 m | 57°37′01″N 132°39′35″W | [80] | AK-BC | ||||
Boundary Peak 76 | Hoonah-Angoon* | 7,073 ft 2,156 m | 57°41′46″N 132°44′58″W | [81] | AK-BC | ||||
Boundary Peak 77 | Hoonah-Angoon* | 6,611 ft 2,015 m | 57°50′21″N 132°52′15″W | [82] | AK-BC | ||||
Boundary Peak 78 | Mount Hill | Hoonah-Angoon* | 6,440 ft 1,960 m | 58°00′01″N 133°04′04″W | [83] | AK-BC | |||
Boundary Peak 79 | Juneau† | 5,279 ft 1,609 m | 58°09′14″N 133°10′25″W | [84] | AK-BC | ||||
Boundary Peak 83 | Juneau† | 5,374 ft 1,638 m | 58°13′38″N 133°16′12″W | [85] | AK-BC | ||||
Boundary Peak 84 | Mount Brundage | Juneau† | 5,902 ft 1,799 m | 58°16′39″N 133°20′43″W | [86] | AK-BC | |||
Boundary Peak 85 | Juneau† | 6,398 ft 1,950 m | 58°23′18″N 133°27′40″W | [87] | AK-BC | ||||
Boundary Peak 86 | Mount Ogden | Juneau† | 7,126 ft 2,172 m | 58°25′33″N 133°22′39″W | [88] | ||||
Boundary Peak 93 | Devils Paw | Juneau† | 8,045 ft 2,452 m | 58°43′46″N 133°50′17″W | [89] | AK-BC | |||
Boundary Peak 95 | Mount Ogilvie | Juneau† | 7,218 ft 2,200 m | 58°51′40″N 134°15′25″W | [90] | AK-BC | |||
Boundary Peak 96 | Juneau† | 7,162 ft 2,183 m | 58°54′06″N 134°18′29″W | [91] | AK-BC | ||||
Boundary Peak 97 | Mount Bressler | Juneau† | 7,503 ft 2,287 m | 58°55′28″N 134°20′00″W | [92] | AK-BC | |||
Boundary Peak 98 | Mount Nesselrode | Haines† | 7,244 ft 2,208 m | 58°57′45″N 134°18′48″W | [93] | AK-BC | |||
Boundary Peak 99 | Haines† | 7,224 ft 2,202 m | 58°58′47″N 134°24′23″W | [94] | AK-BC | ||||
Boundary Peak 100 | Haines† | 6,509 ft 1,984 m | 59°02′20″N 134°22′45″W | [95] | AK-BC | ||||
Boundary Peak 101 | Haines† | 7,536 ft 2,297 m | 59°05′22″N 134°26′47″W | [96] | AK-BC | ||||
Boundary Peak 102 | Haines† | 7,237 ft 2,206 m | 59°07′55″N 134°28′59″W | [97] | AK-BC | ||||
Boundary Peak 103 | Haines† | 6,526 ft 1,989 m | 59°07′53″N 134°33′45″W | [98] | AK-BC | ||||
Boundary Peak 104 | Mount Pullen | Haines† | 5,663 ft 1,726 m | 59°11′33″N 134°40′39″W | [99] | AK-BC | |||
Boundary Peak 105 | Mount Canning | Haines† | 5,784 ft 1,763 m | 59°14′59″N 134°42′04″W | [100] | AK-BC | |||
Boundary Peak 106 | Haines† | 6,155 ft 1,876 m | 59°16′53″N 134°57′27″W | [101] | AK-BC | ||||
Boundary Peak 107 | Mount Bagot | Haines/Skagway | 7,155 ft 2,181 m | 59°20′54″N 135°01′29″W | [102] | [103] | AK-BC; named after Charles Bagot[104] | ||
Boundary Peak 108 | Haines† | 6,742 ft 2,055 m | 59°23′15″N 134°59′21″W | [105] | AK-BC | ||||
Boundary Peak 109 | Skagway† | 6,069 ft 1,850 m | 59°25′41″N 135°06′01″W | [106] | AK-BC | ||||
Boundary Peak 111 | Skagway† | 5,800 ft 1,800 m | 59°28′30″N 135°01′34″W | [107] | AK-BC | ||||
Boundary Peak 144 | Haines† | 4,049 ft 1,234 m | 59°27′54″N 136°18′24″W | [108] | AK-BC | ||||
Boundary Peak 150 | Haines† | 4,885 ft 1,489 m | 59°27′57″N 136°28′29″W | [109] | AK-BC | ||||
Boundary Peak 151 | Haines† | 6,696 ft 2,041 m | 59°22′37″N 136°28′33″W | [110] | AK-BC | ||||
Boundary Peak 154 | Haines† | 5,292 ft 1,613 m | 59°17′04″N 136°28′00″W | [111] | AK-BC | ||||
Boundary Peak 155 | Haines† | 5,554 ft 1,693 m | 59°16′30″N 136°29′39″W | [112] | AK-BC | ||||
Boundary Peak 156 | Mount Harris | Haines† | 5,289 ft 1,612 m | 59°15′45″N 136°29′16″W | [113] | AK-BC | |||
Boundary Peak 157 | Hoonah-Angoon* | 5,584 ft 1,702 m | 59°09′59″N 136°34′58″W | [114] | AK-BC | ||||
Boundary Peak 158 | Hoonah-Angoon* | 5,430 ft 1,660 m | 59°09′37″N 136°49′39″W | [115] | AK-BC | ||||
Boundary Peak 159 | Hoonah-Angoon* | 5,761 ft 1,756 m | 59°08′10″N 136°52′26″W | [116] | AK-BC | ||||
Boundary Peak 160 | Mount Barnard | Hoonah-Angoon* | 8,173 ft 2,491 m[117] | 59°06′04″N 136°58′04″W | [118] | [119] | [120] | AK-BC | |
Boundary Peak 161 | Mount Forde | Hoonah-Angoon* | 6,883 ft 2,098 m | 59°01′56″N 137°10′33″W | [121] | [122] | [123] | AK-BC | |
Boundary Peak 162 | Mount Turner | Hoonah-Angoon* | 8,661 ft 2,640 m | 59°00′00″N 137°16′47″W | [124] | AK-BC | |||
Boundary Peak 163 | Mount Quincy Adams | Hoonah-Angoon* | 13,146 ft 4,007 m | 58°54′31″N 137°27′07″W | [125] | AK-BC | |||
Boundary Peak 164 | Mount Fairweather | Yakutat† | 15,157 ft 4,620 m | 58°54′25″N 137°31′37″W | [126] | AK-BC | |||
Boundary Peak 165 | Mount Root | Yakutat† | 11,657 ft 3,553 m | 58°59′11″N 137°30′07″W | [127] | AK-BC | |||
Boundary Peak 166 | Mount Lodge | Yakutat† | 10,272 ft 3,131 m | 59°06′25″N 137°32′29″W | [128] | AK-BC | |||
Boundary Peak 167 | Mount Hay | Yakutat† | 8,284 ft 2,525 m | 59°14′40″N 137°36′23″W | [129] | AK-BC | |||
Boundary Peak 172 | Mount Herbert | Yakutat† | 5,128 ft 1,563 m | 59°46′05″N 138°38′09″W | [130] | AK-BC | |||
Boundary Peak 173 | Yakutat† | 5,118 ft 1,560 m | 59°48′25″N 138°40′50″W | [131] | AK-BC | ||||
Boundary Peak 174 | Mount Duff | Yakutat† | 6,470 ft 1,970 m | 59°54′18″N 138°43′17″W | [132] | [133] | AK-BC | ||
Boundary Peak 175 | Mount Armour | Yakutat† | 6,834 ft 2,083 m | 59°54′23″N 138°43′04″W | [134] | [135] | AK-BC; named after John Douglas Armour (1830–1903), Chief Justice of the High Court of Ontario, and Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, one of the original Canadian members of the Alaskan Boundary Tribunal in 1903; succeeded after his death by A.B.Aylesworth (cf. Mount Aylesworth) | ||
Boundary Peak 176 | Mount Aylesworth | Yakutat† | 7,926 ft 2,416 m | 59°55′29″N 138°47′46″W | [136] | [137] | AK-BC; named after Sir Allen Bristol Aylesworth (1854–1952), Canadian constitutional lawyer and member of Alaskan Boundary Tribunal, 1903, succeeding J.D. Armour after his death; Canadian Minister of justice, 1906–11 and later Canadian Senator. | ||
Boundary Peak 177 | Mount Jetté | Yakutat† | 7,966 ft 2,428 m | 59°59′40″N 139°03′10″W | [138] | AK-BC | |||
Boundary Peak 178 | Mount Seattle | Yakutat† | 9,482 ft 2,890 m | 60°05′10″N 139°11′45″W | [139] | AK-YT | |||
Boundary Peak 179 | Mount Hubbard | Yakutat† | 14,872 ft 4,533 m | 60°19′07″N 139°04′17″W | [140] | AK-YT | |||
Boundary Peak 180 | Mount Alverstone | Yakutat† | 13,904 ft 4,238 m | 60°21′01″N 139°04′38″W | [141] | AK-YT | |||
Boundary Peak 181 | Mount Vancouver-Good Neighbor Peak | Yakutat† | 15,013 ft 4,576 m | 60°19′45″N 139°41′26″W | [142] | AK-YT | |||
Boundary Peak 182 | Mount Cook | Yakutat† | 12,857 ft 3,919 m | 60°10′39″N 139°58′55″W | [143] | AK-YT | |||
Boundary Peak 183 | Mount Augusta | Yakutat† | 12,857 ft 3,919 m | 60°18′11″N 140°27′21″W | [144] | AK-YT; named in 1891 by I.C. Russell of the USGS in honor of his wife Augusta Olmstead Russell | |||
Boundary Peak 184 | Yakutat† | 4,665 ft 1,422 m | 60°13′01″N 140°31′27″W | [145] | AK-YT | ||||
Boundary Peak 185 | Yakutat† | 9,777 ft 2,980 m | 60°15′34″N 140°46′32″W | [146] | AK-YT | ||||
Boundary Peak 186 | Mount Saint Elias | Yakutat† | 18,035 ft 5,497 m | 60°17′36″N 140°55′46″W | [147] | AK-YT | |||
Boundary Peak 187 | Yakutat† | 13,071 ft 3,984 m | 60°18′27″N 140°59′49″W | [148] | AK-YT; this is the westernmost point in Canada |
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