Rugged Mountain is the apex of the
Haihte Range on
Vancouver Island
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,
British Columbia
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. From it, several glaciers,
Nootka Sound
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Woss Lake
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and the
Tlupana Range are in view.
History
The first attempt at an ascent of Rugged Mountain occurs when
Captain Hamilton Moffat, officer in charge of the
Hudson's Bay Company
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post at
Fort Rupert
Fort Rupert is the site of a former Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) fort on the east coast near the northern tip of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The unincorporated community on Beaver Harbour is about by road southeast of Port Hardy.
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, near present-day
Port Hardy
Port Hardy is a district municipality in British Columbia, Canada located on the north-east end of Vancouver Island. Port Hardy has a population of 4,132 as of the last census (2016).
It is the gateway to Cape Scott Provincial Park, the North Co ...
, began a first exploration inland. On July 5, 1852 he gave up his attempt. He named the mountain Ben Lomand. This was the first recorded attempt to climb any of the major peaks of the
Vancouver Island Ranges
The Vancouver Island Ranges, formerly called the Vancouver Island Mountains, are a series of mountain ranges extending along the length of Vancouver Island which has an area of . The Vancouver Island Ranges comprise the central and largest part ...
.
The first successful ascent of Rugged Mountain was completed in 1959 by George Lepore and Chuck Smitson.
[Stone, p 424]
References
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External links
"Vancouver Island Ranges"''Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia''. Bivouac.com
Vancouver Island Ranges
One-thousanders of British Columbia
Rupert Land District
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