Mount Wood (Yukon)
| Mount Wood | |
|---|---|
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 4,850 m (15,910 ft)[1] |
| Prominence | 1,190 m (3,900 ft)[1] |
| Parent peak | Mount Steele (5073 m)[1] |
| Listing | |
| Coordinates | 61°13′58″N 140°30′45″W / 61.23278°N 140.51250°W[2] |
| Geography | |
| Country | Canada |
| Territory | Yukon |
| Parent range | Saint Elias Mountains |
| Topo map | NTS 115F2 Mount Macaulay[2] |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 25 July 1941 by Walter Wood Jr., Anderson Blakewell and Albert Jackman[3] |
| Easiest route | Glacier/snow/ice climb |
Mount Wood (sometimes referred to as Wood Peak) is the seventh-highest mountain in Canada and is located in Kluane National Park and Reserve. In 1900 it was named by the surveyor James J. McArthur (1856–1925) after Zachary Taylor Wood (d.1915), a North-West Mounted Police inspector in Dawson during the Klondike Gold Rush. He was later the commissioner of the NWMP.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "Mount Wood". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2006-05-19.
- ^ a b "Mount Wood". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2025-03-09.
- ^ Wood Jr., Walter A. (1942). "Parachutes in the St. Elias Range". Feature Article. American Alpine Journal. 4 (3). American Alpine Club: 341. Retrieved 2025-07-06.