ḵ’els | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,088 m (6,850 ft) [1] |
Prominence | 227 m (745 ft) [1] |
Parent peak | Mount Alexander (2368 m) [1] [2] |
Listing | Mountains of British Columbia |
Coordinates | 50°14′52″N 123°59′00″W / 50.24778°N 123.98333°W [3] |
Geography | |
Country | Canada |
Province | British Columbia |
District | Lillooet Land District |
Parent range | Pacific Ranges |
Topo map | NTS 92J4 Princess Louisa Inlet [3] |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1931 |
ḵ’els [4] is a mountain located at the head of lekw’emin (Jervis Inlet) [5] above the ancestral shíshálh village site of x̱enichen [6] and within the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains of British Columbia, Canada. The mountain is associated with a shíshálh legend about a great flood. [4]
In 1860, during a survey by HMS Plumper, the mountain was named "Mount Victoria" after Princess Beatrice Mary Victoria who was the ninth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. [7] The name ḵ’els, which means "anchor" in she shashishalhem, was legally restored on June 21, 2023. [4]
The first colonial ascent of ḵ’els was made in 1931 by Arthur Tinniswood Dalton and Percy Williams Easthope. [1]