Mount English is a mountain summit located in the

Gold Range The Gold Range is a subrange of the Monashee Mountains in the southern British Columbia Interior. This range originally applied to all of the Monashees between the Arrow Lakes and the Okanagan but today only applies to a narrow stretch of the Mon ...

of the

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, Canada. Situated southwest of Revelstoke, this peak is visible from the

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and

Revelstoke Mountain Resort Revelstoke Mountain Resort (RMR) is a ski resort on Mount Mackenzie, just outside Revelstoke, British Columbia in Canada. It is owned by Northland Properties. Currently, the resort has a vertical drop, the longest vertical descent of any ski ...

ski slopes. Neighbors include Mount Macpherson to the northeast,

Mount Tilley Mount Tilley () is a flat-topped, ice-capped mountain, rising to about 1,900 m, lying about 7 nautical miles (13 km) south of Mount Tyrrell and 3 nautical miles (6 km) inland from George VI Sound in the east part of Alexander Island, ...

to the east, and

Mount Begbie Mount Begbie is a mountain summit located in the Gold Range of the Monashee Mountains in British Columbia, Canada. Situated west of the Columbia River high above the shore of Upper Arrow Lake, this prominent peak is visible from the Trans-Canad ...

is to the east. Precipitation

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from Mount English drains into tributaries of the Eagle River.

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is significant as the summit rises 1,540 meters (5,052 ft) above Wap Creek in .

Etymology

Mount English was named to remember George Melville English (1918–1943), a Canadian Army Sergeant from Revelstoke. He served with the Royal Canadian Artillery, but he died September 15, 1943, age 24, in an automobile accident. The mountain's toponym was officially adopted April 29, 1965, by the

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Climate

Based on the

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, Mount English is located in a

subarctic climate The subarctic climate (also called subpolar climate, or boreal climate) is a climate with long, cold (often very cold) winters, and short, warm to cool summers. It is found on large landmasses, often away from the moderating effects of an ocean, ge ...

zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. Despite the modest elevation, the climate supports an unnamed glacier on the northeast slope.

Gallery

File:Mt. English.jpg, Distant view of west side of Mount English seen from

Sun Peaks Resort Sun Peaks Resort is an alpine ski resort located in Sun Peaks, British Columbia, Canada, northeast of Kamloops. The summit of the ski area is at an elevation of , with an vertical rise from the base of the peak. The resort has of skiable te ...

File:Begbie to MacPherson.jpg, Left to right: Mts. Begbie, Tilley, English, Macpherson

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* Weather forecast
Mount English
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Etymology

Climate

See also

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