# Mount Alfred

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{{Short description|Mountain in British Columbia, Canada}}
{{About|the mountain in Canada}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name              = Mount Alfred
| image             = MtAlfred.JPG
| image_caption     = Snow-covered Mt. Alfred
| elevation_m       = 2420
| elevation_ref     = <ref name=bivouac>{{cite bivouac|name=Mount Alfred|id=882|access-date=2008-10-11}}</ref>
| prominence_m      = 1318
| prominence_ref    = <ref name=bivouac/>
| range             = [Pacific Ranges](/source/Pacific_Ranges)
| listing           = [Mountains of British Columbia](/source/List_of_mountains_of_British_Columbia)
| location          = [Jervis Inlet](/source/Jervis_Inlet) [, British Columbia, Canada](/source/British_Columbia_Coast)
| district          = [New Westminster Land District](/source/New_Westminster_Land_District)
| map               = Canada British Columbia
| range_coordinates = 
| map_caption       = Location in British Columbia
| label_position    = right
| mapframe          = yes
| mapframe-zoom     = 8
| mapframe-caption  = Interactive map of Mount Alfred
| coordinates       = {{coord|50|12|22|N|124|04|36|W|type:mountain_region:CA-BC_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref   = <ref name="bcgnis"/>
| topo              = [NTS](/source/National_Topographic_System) {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|92|K|1}}
| first_ascent      = 1929 by Arthur Tinniswood Dalton and Percy Williams Easthope<ref name="bcgnis"/>
| easiest_route     = 
}}

'''Mount Alfred''' is a [mountain](/source/mountain) located at the Queen Reach arm and head of the [Jervis Inlet](/source/Jervis_Inlet) within the [Pacific Ranges](/source/Pacific_Ranges) of the [Coast Mountains](/source/Coast_Mountains) in [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia), [Canada](/source/Canada).  The mountain is the highest in the portion of the mainland between Jervis and [Toba Inlet](/source/Toba_Inlet)s, with its {{convert|1318|m|ft|0}} prominence defined by the pass at the head of the [Skwawka River](/source/Skwawka_River), which feeds the head of Jervis Inlet. The unofficially-named Alfred Creek Falls, on [Alfred Creek](/source/Alfred_Creek) which drains off the mountain's glaciers southeast into the Skwawka, is one of Canada's highest waterfalls at {{convert|700|m|ft|0}}.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.waterfallsnorthwest.com/bc_waterfall.php?num=861&p=0|title=Alfred Creek Falls|publisher=Waterfalls of the Pacific Northwest|access-date=2009-12-25}}</ref>

==Naming==
The mountain was named during the 1860 survey by {{HMS|Plumper|1848|6}} who charted all of the area and was named after [Alfred Edward "Affie"](/source/Alfred%2C_Duke_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha), who was the third child and second son of [Queen Victoria](/source/Victoria_of_the_United_Kingdom) and [Prince Albert](/source/Albert%2C_Prince_Consort) of England, and who was [Duke of Edinburgh](/source/Duke_of_Edinburgh) from his birth in 1844 until his death in 1900.<ref name=bcgnis>{{cite bcgnis|id=997|name=Mount Alfred|access-date=2010-12-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Hitz, Charles W.|year=2003|title=Through the Rapids - The History of Princess Louisa Inlet|page=54|publisher=Sikta 2 Publishing|location=Kirkland, WA|isbn=0-9720255-0-2}}</ref>

The first ascent of Mount Alfred was made in 1929 by Arthur Tinniswood Dalton and Percy Williams Easthope.<ref name=bcgnis/>
== Gallery ==
<gallery Caption="Mount Alfred Gallery">
File:Dusk.jpg|Mt.Alfred seen from the Jervis Inlet at Dusk.
File:Alfred.JPG|Mt. Alfred as seen from the Helena side of the mountain
File:AlfredAir.jpg|Behind Mt. Alfred from 20,000 feet.
</gallery>

==See also==
* [Royal eponyms in Canada](/source/Royal_eponyms_in_Canada)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080616084659/http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/cartogr/img_html/dir_1/cm_c2308.htm CM_C2308 Fraser River to N.E.Pt. of Texada Island including Howe Sound and Jervis Inlet 'Annotated'  1863.02.16 1865.08]{{Clarification|ambiguous site|date=December 2017}}
* [https://archive.today/20121128010529/http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/www2i/.cartogr/img_lrg/dir_1/is_2_a/cm_c2308.jpg Detail Map of Mt. Alfred] from the 1860 Survey Map of the Jervis Inlet and Mt. Alfred.

{{Pacific Ranges}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Alfred, Mount}}
Category:Pacific Ranges
Category:Two-thousanders of British Columbia
Category:New Westminster Land District

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