Mount Copeland is a summit in the

Monashee Mountains The Monashee Mountains are a mountain range lying mostly in British Columbia, Canada, extending into the U.S. state of Washington. They stretch from north to south and from east to west. They are a sub-range of the Columbia Mountains. The highes ...

to the northwest of

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. It was named in 1939, along with Copeland Creek (aka Wildgoose Creek) and Copeland Ridge, of which it is the summit, for

Ralph Copeland Ralph Copeland FRSE FRAS (3 September 1837 – 27 October 1905) was an English astronomer and the third Astronomer Royal for Scotland. Life Copeland was born at Moorside Farm, near Woodplumpton in Lancashire, England the son of Robert Copela ...

(1837-1905), an English astronomer and the third Astronomer Royal for Scotland.

Climate

Based on the

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, Mount Copeland is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.

Record snowfall

Mount Copeland is the site of the highest recorded snowfall in Canada in one season (July 1, 1971-June 30,1972).Greatest Snowfalls in North America (reference), teachervision.com
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* Mount Copeland
Weather forecast
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Climate

Record snowfall

See also

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