Mount Pierrway is a mountain in east-central

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, Canada, located near the headwaters of the Clearwater River. Situated in the

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, part of the

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, it is the fifth-highest mountain in

Wells Gray Provincial Park Wells Gray Provincial Park is a large wilderness park located in east-central British Columbia, Canada. The park protects most of the southern, and highest, regions of the Cariboo Mountains and covers 5,250 square kilometres (524,990 hectares or ...

with an elevation of . Mount Pierrway lies on the boundary between Wells Gray Provincial Park and Cariboo Mountains Provincial Park.Neave, Roland (2015). ''Exploring Wells Gray Park'', 6th edition. Wells Gray Tours, Kamloops, BC. . Mount Pierrway was first climbed on August 13, 1969 by Art Maki and Art Wilder, "from camp east of the Park boundary, via East Pierrway Glacier, up highly crevassed glacier to col, then climbed north summit and followed ridge to the extreme south end which is the highest summit." The second ascent was achieved on May 19, 1987 by a

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ski party consisting of Brian Gavin, Malcolm MacFadyen, Colin Oloman, Mary Prendergast, Brian Thompson, Gavin Thurston, and Ross Wyborn. The third ascent was by Bill McKenzie and Roger Wallis from the

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, on August 17, 2005.Correspondence from Roger Wallis on November 30 2014 Mount Pierrway was named in 1966 in honor of Canadian Army Private Alfred Pierrway, K 601413, from

Quesnel Quesnel or Quesnell means "little oak" in the Picard dialect of French. It is used as a proper name and may refer to: Places * Le Quesnel, a commune the Somme department in France * Quesnel, British Columbia, a city in British Columbia, Canada ...

, British Columbia. He was serving as a gunner with the

Royal Canadian Artillery , colors = The guns of the RCA themselves , colors_label = Colours , march = * Slow march: "Royal Artillery Slow March" * Quick march (dismounted parades): "British Grenadiers/The ...

when he was killed in action on July 12, 1942, at age 22. Five other neighbouring peaks were named at the same time for Canadian soldiers from the Quesnel area who were killed during World War II:

Mount Goodall Mount Goodall is a mountain in east-central British Columbia, Canada, located near the headwaters of the Clearwater River. Situated in the Cariboo Mountains of the Columbia Mountains, it is the second highest mountain in Wells Gray Provincial Pa ...

, Mount Winder, Mount Beaman, Mount Hogg, and Mount Aves. Wells Gray Park's highest mountain is west of Mount Pierrway. Its elevation is and it is currently unnamed. The first climbers are unknown, but a cairn was left with no record of the ascent. It was discovered by Bill McKenzie and Roger Wallis who claimed the second ascent on August 18, 2005. The Park's highest unclimbed mountain is WSW of Pierrway, elevation .

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Wells Gray Provincial Park official government website
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