Mount Gallatin

Mount Gallatin
Boundary Peak 67
Mount Gallatin

Location along Alaska / BC border

Highest point
Elevation 1,526 m (5,007 ft) [1][2]
Prominence 786 m (2,579 ft) [1]
Coordinates 56°45′14″N 131°54′02″W / 56.75389°N 131.90056°W / 56.75389; -131.90056Coordinates: 56°45′14″N 131°54′02″W / 56.75389°N 131.90056°W / 56.75389; -131.90056 [3]
Geography
Location British Columbia, Canada
Alaska, United States
Parent range Boundary Ranges
Topo map NTS 104B/13
USGS Bradfield Canal D-6

Mount Gallatin, also known as Boundary Peak 67,[3] [4] is a mountain in the Boundary Ranges along the British Columbia-Alaska border.

The Tasakili River begins to the north of Mount Gallatin, within Alaska, then crosses the border shortly after its source, flowing southeast at the foot of the mountain to the Stikine River.[5] Mount Gallatin is the peak immediately north of where the Stikine crosses the international boundary. Just inside that boundary on the Canadian side, at the foot of Mount Gallatin, is the locality and former border post of Stikine, formerly known as Boundary.[6]

Name origin

In 1924 the USGS named the mountain after Albert Gallatin, one of the US commissioners who negotiated the Treaty of Ghent which ended the War of 1812.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Mount Gallatin". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
  2. ↑ GNIS gives 4,931 ft (1,503 m). BC GeoNames gives 5,008 ft (1,526 m)
  3. 1 2 3 "Mount Gallatin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
  4. ↑ "Mount Gallatin". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
  5. ↑ "Tasakili River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
  6. ↑ "Stikine (locality)". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
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