Mount Vreeland, is a mountain in the
Miscinchinka Ranges of the
Hart Ranges
The Hart Ranges are a major subrange of the Canadian Rockies located in northeastern British Columbia and western Alberta. The mountains constitute the southernmost portion of the Northern Rocky Mountains.
The Hart Ranges were named in honour of ...
in the
Northern Rocky Mountains.
It was named in 1915 by George V. Copley, surveyor, after Frederick K. Vreeland of New York, who spent three years doing exploration work in the vicinity of the McGregor River and the headwaters of the Parsnip River, 1912, 1913 and 1915.
The name does not appear to be related to the Dutch Village of
Vreeland.
Mount Vreeland is the highest summit of the
Monkman Icefield. Vreeland is on a ridge between the Vreeland Glacier to the northwest and the Parsnip Glacier to the south (the source of the
Parsnip River).
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Two-thousanders of British Columbia
Northern Interior of British Columbia
Canadian Rockies
Cariboo Land District