Name Notes: The mountain was named by Captain James Cook in 1778, because of fair weather after a period of prolonged storms.Fairweather Mountain adopted in the 18th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1924, as labelled on BC map 1H, 1917; not "Mount Fairweather" as adopted in 1922 by United States Board on Geographic Names (since adjusted to Fairweather Mountain in U.S. records).
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Named in 1778 by Captain James Cook presumably because of the good weather encountered at the time of his visit (Journals... 1785, vol 2, p.345). The name has been variously translated: "Mt. Beautemps" by La Pérouse, 1786; "Mte. Buen-tiempo" by Galiano, 1802; "Gor[a]-Khoroshy-pogody" on Russian Hydrographic Chart 1378, 1847; "G[ora] Fayerveder" by Capt Tebenkov, Imperial Russian Navy, 1852; "Schönwetterberg" by C.Grewingk, 1850. The Tlingit name is reportedly "Tanaku".
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First ascent credited to Allen Carpé and Terris Moore 8 June 1931. See Carpe's "The Conquest of Mount Fairweather" Alpine Journal, 43: 221-231. Second ascent 26 June 1958, by an all-Canadian climbing party, to mark the centennial of the Crown Colony of British Columbia. See description in Canadian Alpine Journal, vol XLII, 1959, pp 1-20. See also "Mount Fairweather, The First Ten Ascents" by Bradford Washburn, American Alpine Journal (full citation not recorded)
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Straddles the international boundary between Canada/British Columbia and the United States/Alaska. Boundary Point # 164, established in 1907, elevation 15,300 ft. (Report of the International Boundary Commission, 1952, p.175). The highest peak in British Columbia. Elevation 4671m per 1:20,000 provincial baseline atlas 114I.093.
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