Mount Burnham is a mountain

summit A summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. The topography, topographic terms acme, apex, peak (mountain peak), and zenith are synonymous. The term (mountain top) is generally used ...

located in

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, Canada.

Description

Mount Burnham is the easternmost peak 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 ...

which is a subrange of 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 ...

. The remote peak is situated south of Revelstoke between

Upper Arrow Lake The Arrow Lakes in British Columbia, Canada, divided into Upper Arrow Lake and Lower Arrow Lake, are widenings of the Columbia River. The lakes are situated between the Selkirk Mountains to the east and the Monashee Mountains to the west. Beach ...

and Monashee Provincial Park. Precipitation

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from the mountain drains east to Upper Arrow Lake which is a reservoir of the

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. Mount Burnham is more notable for its steep rise above local terrain than for its absolute elevation as

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is significant with the summit rising 1,800 meters (5,900 ft) above Ledge Creek in and 2,438 meters (8,000 ft) above Upper Arrow Lake in .

Etymology

The mountain is named after Brigadier-General Frederick William Elias Burnham (1872–1955) who operated the nearby

Halcyon Hot Springs Halcyon Hot Springs, also known simply as Halcyon, is a hot springs resort and spa on the east side of Upper Arrow Lake, between Galena Bay and Nakusp, in the West Kootenay region of British Columbia. Nearby to the northeast, Halcyon Mountain deriv ...

from 1924 until he perished in the fire that destroyed the Halcyon Hot Springs Hotel on February 19, 1955.G. P. V. Akrigg, Helen B. Akrigg (1997), ''British Columbia Place Names'', UBC Press, , p. 33 He was a surgeon, philanthropist and a tireless worker against rheumatic and arthritic diseases. He had a distinguished record in World War I. The mountain's toponym was officially adopted November 14, 1963, by the

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Climate

Based on the

Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ...

, Mount Burnham 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. This climate supports a small glacier on the north slope.

Gallery

File:Mt. Burnham.jpg, Mt. Burnham's east aspect across Arrow Lake from Halcyon Hot Springs Resort File:Mount Burnham summit.jpg, East aspect in winter from Halcyon Hot Springs Resort File:Mount Burnham, east aspect.jpg, East aspect in winter from Halcyon Hot Springs Resort File:Upper Arrow Lake - Halcyon Hot Springs, BC Canada by Kdruzhki.jpg, East aspect from Halcyon Hot Springs File:Mt. Grady - Mt. Burnham.jpg, Mt. Grady / Mt. Burnham from the south

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