High Points North
The ARS Sojourner
To assist Canadian members of the ARS, and to encourage others to "look North" for fascinating High Point destinations, information on highest elevations in each of the Canadian Provinces and Territories is presented below. This is, in fact, the perfect time to ponder Canada's high points: Our highest peak - the second highest mountain in North America - has just been renamed "Mount Pierre Elliott Trudeau" (in honour of our former Prime Minister, whose love for our wilderness deeply touched the whole nation).
At the opposite end of the country from Yukon's Mount Pierre Elliottt Trudeau is the lowest of the Canadian high points - at a modest height of 466 feet, Prince Edward Island's highest elevation has the amusing name of "Glen Valley". Think of it as a double negative: "Glen" plus "Valley" equals "Peak"!
If you are looking for an ideal "Run to the border" field operating location, you may want to set your GPS to "58° 53' N 63° 43' W". This is the shared high point for the provinces of Quebec and Newfoundland & Labrador. In Quebec, it is known as Mont D'Iberville, while in Newfoundland it is called Mount Caubvick. From a single campsite, you would be able to activate two separate provinces and two mountains!
I am already dreaming of next year's canoe trip on Ontario's wonderful "Lady Evelyn", which will include a hike to the Ishpatina Ridge. "Ishpatina" is from the Ojibwa language, and means "high hill".
Please share your Canadian High Point adventures with us. As with all your expeditions, you can post information to ARS's Wilderness Alert.
More information on Canada's high points (and elevations of other locations in Canada) is available at the following sites:
http://atlas.gc.ca/english/facts/mountains.html
http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/english/schoolnet/highpts.html
Province/Territory, High Point, Location, Elevation (m), Elevation (ft), Notes]
Ontario—Ishpatina Ridge, 47° 19' 80° 44', 693, 2275, "Ishpatina means "high hill"
Island of Newfoundland—Highest point of Lewis Hills, 48° 50' 58° 29', 814, 2670, Highest point in Newfondland & Labrador is Mount Caubvick
Nova Scotia—White Hill, 46° 42' 60° 36', 532, 1747
Prince Edward Island—Glen Valley,46° 20' 63° 25', 142, 466
New Brunswick—Mount Carleton, 47° 23' 66° 53', 817, 2690
Quebec—Mont D'Iberville, 58° 53'63° 43', 1652, 5419, "Also known in Newfoundland as "Mount Caubvick"
Manitoba—Baldy Mountain, 51° 28' 100° 43', 832, 2729,
Saskatchewan—Cypress Hills, 49° '33 109° 59', 1468, 4816,
Alberta—Mount Columbia, 52° 09' 117° 27', 3747, 12294, On Alberta - British Columbia boundary
British Columbia—Fairweather Mountain, 58° 54' 137° 31', 4663, 15300, On Alaska - British Columbia boundary
Yukon—Mount Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 60° 34' 140° 23', 5959, 19551, "Just renamed from "Mount Logan"
Northwest Territories—Mount Nirvana, 61° 52' 127° 42', 2773, 9098
Nunavut—Barbeau Peak, 2616, 8583, on North Ellesmere Island
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John Cummings, VE3JC, a Contributing Editor for The ARS Sojourner,i s a well known QRPer, outdoorsman, and writer of articles on low power radio.