Pelly Peak, is a mountain summit in the
Russel Range of the
Omineca Mountains in northern
British Columbia, Canada. The mountain is situated west of the head of Finlay Reach of
Williston Lake, and a remote south of
Fort Ware in the
Cassiar Land District.
It rises above the south shore of Pelly Lake. Its nearest higher peak is Barrier Peak, to the east. Precipitation
runoff
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from the mountain drains into Pelly Creek, a tributary of the
Ingenika River. Sir
John Pelly
Sir John Henry Pelly, 1st Baronet, DL (31 March 1777 – 13 August 1852) was an English businessman. During most of his career, he was an employee of the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC), serving as Governor of the HBC for three decades. He held ot ...
(1777–1852) served as Governor of
Hudson's Bay Company for three decades, and his name is attached to many geographic features in Canada, including but not limited to
Pelly River
The Pelly River (Ts'ekínyäk Chú) is a river in Canada, and is a headstream of the Yukon River. The river originates west of the Mackenzie Mountains and flows long through the south central Yukon. The Pelly has two main tributaries, the Ros ...
,
Pelly Mountains
The Pelly Mountains are a mountain range in the Yukon, Canada. It has an area of and is a subrange of the Yukon Ranges which in turn form part of the Pacific Coast Ranges.
Sub-ranges
* Big Salmon Range
* Glenlyon Range
*Saint Cyr Range
See als ...
,
Pelly Island
Pelly Island is an uninhabited island in the Beaufort Sea. It is named for Sir John Pelly, 1st Baronet, the 17th Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company
The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC; french: Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson) is a Canadian retail ...
,
Pelly Bay,
Mount Pelly
Uvayuq, formerly ''Ovayok'' or ''Mount Pelly'', is an esker in the Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut. It is located in northern Canada on Victoria Island within the Ovayok Territorial Park. The hill, which is more than high, is located north east ...
, and
Fort Pelly
Fort Pelly was a Hudson's Bay Company fur trading post located in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The fort was named after Sir John Pelly, governor of the Hudson's Bay Company. The current village of Pelly, Saskatchewan, takes its name f ...
. The peak's name was officially adopted June 4, 1953, by the
Geographical Names Board of Canada
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.
[ Based on the Köppen climate classification, Pelly Peak 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.
See also
* Geography of British Columbia
References
External links
* Weather forecast
Pelly Peak
{{Interior Mountains
Two-thousanders of British Columbia
Omineca Mountains
Omineca Country
Cassiar Land District