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Mount Sir John Thompson

Mount Sir John Thompson is a 3,349 m (10,988 ft) mountain located at co-ordinates 52°44′N 119°44′W / 52.733°N 119.733°W / 52.733; -119.733 in the Premier Range of the Cariboo Mountains in the east-central interior of British Columbia, Canada. The mountain is located between the David and North Canoe Glaciers.

The name honours the fourth Prime Minister of Canada, Sir John Thompson, who died in 1894 while in office. It was one of the first mountains in the Premier Range to be named after a Prime Minister, receiving its designation on September 6, 1927. It was originally named Mount David Thompson by the Carpe-Chamberlin climbing party in 1924, as they apparently believed that the nearby pass was the source of the North Thompson River.

External links

Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia listing for Mount Sir John Thompson
British Columbia Government Information Sheet on Mount Sir John Thompson

Columbia Mountains

Cariboo
Major ranges	Mowdish Wavy Premier Christina
Mountains	Sir Wilfrid Laurier Sir John Abbott Sir John Thompson Sir Mackenzie Bowell Stanley Baldwin Arthur Meighen Richard Bennett John Oliver Lester Pearson Louis Saint Laurent Pierre Elliott Trudeau Sir Allan MacNab Mackenzie King

Monashee
Major ranges	Anstey Beaverdell Gold Jordan Kettle River Malton Midway Ratchford Rossland Scrip Whatshan
Mountains	Dunn Hallam Odin
Passes	Bonanza Eagle Monashee Sherman

Purcell
Sub-ranges	Farnham Group The Bugaboos
Mountains	Farnham Bugaboo Spire Howser Spire Pigeon Spire Snowpatch Spire
Glaciers	Toby

Selkirk
Major ranges	Battle Big Bend Bonnington Clachnacudainn Dawson Duncan Kokanee Nelson Valhalla Valkyr
Sub-ranges	Adamant Badshot Norns Ruby Sir Sandford Windy
Mountains	Abercrombie Adamant Dawson Gypsy Peak Kit Carson Krell Hill Mica Peak North Albert Sir Donald Sir Sandford Spokane
Passes	Kootenay Rogers
Glaciers	Illecillewaet