Mount Lester Pearson

British Columbia, Canada

Highest pointElevation3,086 m (10,125 ft)^[1]Prominence316 m (1,037 ft)^[1]ListingMountains of British ColumbiaCoordinates52°46′47″N 119°32′42″W / 52.77972°N 119.54500°W / 52.77972; -119.54500^[2]GeographyLocationBritish Columbia, CanadaDistrictCariboo Land DistrictParent rangePremier RangeTopo mapNTS 83D13 Kiwa Creek

Mount Lester Pearson is a 3,086-metre (10,125 ft) mountain located in the Premier Range of the Cariboo Mountains in the east-central interior of British Columbia, Canada. The mountain is located south of the head of the McLennan River and 21 km (13 mi) west of Valemount, British Columbia.

The name honours the fourteenth Prime Minister of Canada and 1957 recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, Lester Pearson, who died in 1972. The mountain was officially named after Pearson in 1973.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "Mount Lester Pearson". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2006-07-23.
^ ^a ^b "Mount Lester Pearson". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2009-01-24.

Columbia Mountains

Cariboo
Major ranges	Mowdish Wavy Premier Christina
Mountains	Sir Wilfrid Laurier Sir John Abbott Sir John Thompson Sir Mackenzie Bowell Stanley Baldwin Arthur Meighen Richard Bennett John Oliver Lester Pearson Louis Saint Laurent Pierre Elliott Trudeau Sir Allan MacNab Mackenzie King

Monashee
Major ranges	Anstey Beaverdell Gold Jordan Kettle River Malton Midway Ratchford Rossland Scrip Whatshan
Mountains	Dunn Hallam Odin
Passes	Bonanza Eagle Monashee Sherman

Purcell
Sub-ranges	Farnham Group The Bugaboos
Mountains	Farnham Bugaboo Spire Howser Spire Pigeon Spire Snowpatch Spire
Glaciers	Toby

Selkirk
Major ranges	Battle Big Bend Bonnington Clachnacudainn Dawson Duncan Kokanee Nelson Valhalla Valkyr
Sub-ranges	Adamant Badshot Norns Ruby Sir Sandford Windy
Mountains	Abercrombie Adamant Dawson Gypsy Peak Kit Carson Krell Hill Mica Peak North Albert Sir Donald Sir Sandford Spokane
Passes	Kootenay Rogers
Glaciers	Illecillewaet