{{Short description|Mountain in British Columbia, Canada}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Mount Selkirk | image = Mount Selkirk seen from Kootenay Valley.jpg | image_caption = Mount Selkirk (upper right)<br /> From Kootenay Valley Overlook along Highway 93 | elevation_m = 2930 | elevation_ref = <ref name=bivouac>{{cite bivouac|id=1496|name=Mount Selkirk|access-date=2019-03-18}}</ref> | prominence_m = 320 | prominence_ref = <ref name=bivouac/> | location = Kootenay National Park<br />British Columbia, Canada | district = Kootenay Land District | range = Mitchell Range<br />Canadian Rockies | parent_peak = Catlin Peak (2941&nbsp;m)<ref name=bivouac/> | listing = Mountains of British Columbia | map = Canada British Columbia#Canada | map_caption = Location in British Columbia##Location in Canada | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 8 | mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Mount Selkirk | coordinates = {{coord|50|51|59|N|115|54|30|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name=cgndb>{{cite cgndb|id=JBHLN|name=Mount Selkirk|access-date=2019-03-18}}</ref> | topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|J|13}} | rock = Limestone<ref name="Parks Canada">[http://parkscanadahistory.com/geology/misc-report-9-1964.pdf Parks Canada]</ref> | age = Cambrian<ref name="Parks Canada"/> | first_ascent = | easiest_route = }}

'''Mount Selkirk''' is a {{Convert|2930|m|ft|abbr=off|adj=on}} mountain summit located in the Vermilion River Valley along the eastern border of Kootenay National Park. Park visitors can see the peak from Highway 93, also known as the Banff–Windermere Highway. It is part of the Mitchell Range, which is a sub-range of the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, Canada. The nearest higher neighbor is Catlin Peak, {{convert|1.6|km|mi|abbr=on}} to the northwest.

==History== The mountain was named in 1886 by George Mercer Dawson in honor of Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk (1771-1820), a Scottish philanthropist who sponsored immigrant settlements at the Red River Colony in what is now Manitoba.<ref name="pf">{{cite peakfinder|id=1228|name=Mount Selkirk|access-date=2021-06-04}}</ref> The mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1924 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.<ref name=cgndb/>

==Geology== Mount Selkirk is composed principally of Ottertail limestone, sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Cambrian periods and pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.<ref name=gadd>{{citation|title=Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias |author=Gadd, Ben |year=2008}}</ref>

==Climate== Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Selkirk is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.<ref name=Peel>{{cite journal | author = Peel, M. C. |author2=Finlayson, B. L. |author3=McMahon, T. A. | year = 2007 | title = Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification | journal = Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. | volume = 11 | pages = 1633–1644 | issn = 1027-5606}}</ref> Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into tributaries of the Vermilion River.

==Gallery== <div style="max-width: 500px;"> <gallery mode=slideshow> File:Mount Selkirk.jpg|Catlin Peak and Mount Selkirk (right) File:Selkirk and Catlin.jpg|Mount Selkirk (left) and Catlin Peak (center) from northeast at Sunshine Meadows </gallery></div>

==See also== *Geology of the Rocky Mountains *Geography of British Columbia * {{Portal-inline|Mountains|size=tiny}}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * Mount Selkirk: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-6082644/Canada/British%20Columbia/Mount%20Selkirk weather forecast] * Parks Canada web site: [https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/bc/kootenay Kootenay National Park] *{{cite bcgnis|id=18836|name=Mount Selkirk}}

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