Howson Peak is a
mountain
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in west central
British Columbia
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,
Canada
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, located southwest of
Telkwa
Telkwa is a village located along British Columbia Highway 16, nearly southeast of the town of Smithers and west of the city of Prince George, in northwest British Columbia, Canada.
History
Settlement in the area began around 1904 in a towns ...
and southwest of the head of
Telkwa River. This prominent mountain is the highest of the
Howson Range. Howson Peak was first climbed in 1958 after an accident during a 1957 attempt in which Rex Gibson, then president of the Alpine Club of Canada, was killed. That route, as well as many other lines, remains unclimbed. The mountain is now in Tazdli Wiyez Bin or
Burnie-Shea Provincial Park. Access is by air to Burnie Lake or on foot from the Kitnayakwa River road. The Burnie Glacier Chalet is the nearest accommodation.
See also
*
List of Ultras of North America
References
Sources
*
* Canadian Alpine Journal 1957 and 1958
*
Hazelton Mountains
Two-thousanders of British Columbia
Range 5 Coast Land District
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