Mount Cronin is a

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in the Babine Range of the

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in northern

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, located at the head of Cronin Creek in

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just northeast of

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. It has a prominence of , created by the Harold Price-Fulton Pass, making it one of Canada's Ultra peaks. The mountain was named after James Cronin, who operated a mine on this mountain in the 19th century.

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