{{Short description|Mountain in British Columbia, Canada}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Mount Kinch | image = | image_caption = | map = British Columbia | map_caption = Location in British Columbia | mapframe = yes | mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Mount Kinch | mapframe-zoom = 8 | elevation_m = 2380 | elevation_ref = <ref name="Whipple">{{cite web|last1=Whipple|first1=Earle R.|url=https://bcmc.ca/media/newsletters/Whipple%20Coast%20Mtns%20guide%202023.pdf|title=The Northern Coastal Ranges of British Columbia: A Climber's Guide|publisher=British Columbia Mountaineering Club|page=337|year=2023|access-date=December 29, 2025}}</ref> | location = British Columbia, Canada | district = Range 2 Coast Land District<ref name="BCGN">{{cite bcgnis|id=26521|name=Mount Kinch|access-date=December 26, 2025}}</ref> | range = Pacific Ranges | coordinates = {{coord|51|26|18|N|126|11|05|W|type:mountain_region:CA|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name="BCGN"/> | topo_maker = NTS | topo_map = {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|92|M|8}}<ref name="BCGN"/> | first_ascent = }}
'''Mount Kinch''' is a small knob in Range 2 Coast Land District of British Columbia, Canada. It is located between the Kingcome and Trudel glaciers in the Ha-Iltzuk Icefield northwest of the head of Knight Inlet.<ref name="BCGN"/><ref name="bivouac">{{cite bivouac|id=5287|name=Mount Kinch|access-date=December 29, 2025}}</ref> The Bivouac Mountain Encyclopedia gives an elevation of {{convert|2421|m|ft|abbr=on}} for Mount Kinch whereas a climber's guide published by the British Columbia Mountaineering Club gives an elevation of {{convert|2380|m|ft|abbr=on}} for the mountain.<ref name="Whipple"/><ref name="bivouac"/> The name of the mountain was adopted on the National Topographic System map 92M on March 28, 1967.<ref name="BCGN"/>
The mountain is named after Oddrey James Kinch, a Canadian Army signalman and the child of James Cleveland Kinch and Elizabeth Kinch. Kinch died on September 7, 1941, while serving with the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals during World War II. He is buried in the Murrayville Cemetery of Langley, British Columbia.<ref name="BCGN"/>
==See also== *Silverthrone Caldera *Silverthrone Group
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{cite cgndb|id=JBVLE|title=Mount Kinch}}
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