Mount Alfred is a

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located at the Queen Reach arm and head of the

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within the

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of the Coast Mountains in

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. The mountain is the highest in the portion of the mainland between Jervis and

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s, with its prominence defined by the pass at the head of the

Skwawka River The Skwawka River is a medium-sized river in the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in British Columbia, Canada, flowing southeast into the head of Queens Reach, which is the uppermost end of Jervis Inlet. The pass at the head of the river, wh ...

, which feeds the head of Jervis Inlet. The unofficially-named Alfred Creek Falls, on

Alfred Creek Alfred Creek, at one time known as Glacier Creek, is a creek flowing off the east flank of Mount Alfred, southeast into the lower reaches of the Skwawka River near its mouth into the head of Jervis Inlet, which is on the South Coast of British Col ...

which drains off the mountain's glaciers southeast into the Skwawka, is one of Canada's highest waterfalls at .

Naming

The mountain was named during the 1860 survey by who charted all of the area and was named after Alfred Edward "Affie", who was the third child and second son of

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and Prince Albert of England, and who was Duke of Edinburgh from his birth in 1844 until his death in 1900. The first ascent of Mount Alfred was made in 1929 by Arthur Tinniswood Dalton and Percy Williams Easthope.

Gallery

File:Dusk.jpg, Mt.Alfred seen from the Jervis Inlet at Dusk. File:Alfred.JPG, Mt. Alfred as seen from the Helena side of the mountain File:AlfredAir.jpg, Behind Mt. Alfred from 20,000 feet.

References

External links

CM_C2308 Fraser River to N.E.Pt. of Texada Island including Howe Sound and Jervis Inlet 'Annotated' 1863.02.16 1865.08

Detail Map of Mt. Alfred
from the 1860 Survey Map of the Jervis Inlet and Mt. Alfred. {{DEFAULTSORT:Alfred, Mount Pacific Ranges Two-thousanders of British Columbia New Westminster Land District