Mount Louis Saint Laurent is a

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located at co-ordinates in the

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of the

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in the east-central interior of

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. The mountain is to the west of the David Glacier and overlooks the Raush River. The name honours the twelfth

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, Louis Saint Laurent, who died in 1973. The mountain was officially named after Saint Laurent in 1964.

External links

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Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia listing
for Mount Louis Saint Laurent
British Columbia Government Information Sheet
for the Premier Range Three-thousanders of British Columbia Cariboo Mountains Cariboo Land District {{Canada-mountain-stub