{{Short description|Mountain in British Columbia, Canada}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Octopus Mountain | image = Octopus Mountain.jpg | image_caption = North aspect, centered at top | elevation_m = 2932 | elevation_ref =<ref name="cmpn">{{cite book|first1=Glen W.|last1=Boles|first2=William Lowell|last2=Putnam|first3=Roger W.|last3=Laurilla|date=2006|title=Canadian Mountain Place Names|publisher=Rocky Mountain Books|isbn=9781894765794|page=187}}</ref><ref name="crdb">{{cite crdb|id=993|name=Octopus Mountain|access-date=2023-04-01}}</ref> | prominence_m = 570. | prominence_ref =<ref name=peakvisor>{{cite web|url=https://peakvisor.com/peak/octopus-mountain.html|title=Octopus Mountain, Peakvisor.com|access-date=2023-04-01}}</ref> | isolation_km = | isolation_ref = | country = Canada | region_type = Province | region = British Columbia | part_type = Protected area | part = Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park | district = Kootenay Land District<ref name=bcgnis>{{cite bcgnis|17935|Octopus Mountain|2025-01-18}}</ref> | range = Mitchell Range<ref name=peakvisor/><br/>Canadian Rockies | parent_peak = Indian Peak (2,992 m)<ref name=peakvisor/> | 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 Octopus Mountain | coordinates = {{coord|50|54|27|N|115|48|34|W|type:mountain_region:CA-AB_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name=cgndb>{{cite cgndb|id=JBFXR|name=Octopus Mountain|access-date=2023-04-01}}</ref> | topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|J|13}}<ref name=cgndb/> | rock = Sedimentary rock | age = Cambrian | first_ascent = | easiest_route = }}
'''Octopus Mountain''' is a {{Convert|2932|m|ft|abbr=off|adj=on}} mountain summit located in Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park of British Columbia, Canada. __NOTOC__ ==Description== Octopus Mountain is situated {{convert|12|km|mi|abbr=on}} west of the Continental Divide and is part of the Mitchell Range which is a sub-range of the Canadian Rockies.<ref name=peakvisor/> Precipitation runoff from the peak's southeast slope drains into the Mitchell River and all other slopes drain into tributaries of the Simpson River. Topographic relief is modest as the summit rises {{cvt|1330|m|ft}} above Lachine Creek in {{cvt|3|km|mi}} and {{cvt|1300|m|ft}} above the Mitchell River in {{cvt|4|km|mi}}.
==History== The mountain was named in 1913 by surveyor Robert Daniel McCaw (1884–1941) but the reason for the name is unknown.<ref name="cmpn"/><ref name="crdb"/> The mountain's toponym was officially adopted on September 9, 1924, by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.<ref name=cgndb/> A forest fire burned the slopes of Octopus Mountain in 2012 and consumed 932 hectares of land.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.invermerevalleyecho.com/news/forest-fire-in-kootenay-national-park-continues-to-burn/|first=Steve |last=Jessel|title=Forest fire in Kootenay National Park continues to burn|date=September 18, 2012|publisher=The Invermere Valley Echo|access-date=2025-01-18}}</ref>
==Geology== Octopus Mountain is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods. Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was 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, Octopus Mountain 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> Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.
==See also== *{{Portal-inline|Mountains|size=tiny}} * Geography of British Columbia
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * Octopus Mountain: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-6092535/Canada/British%20Columbia/Octopus%20Mountain weather forecast] *[http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/explore/parkpgs/mt_assiniboine/ Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park] * Robert Daniel McCaw: [https://albertalandsurveyhistory.ca/index.php?title=Robert_Daniel_McCaw Albertalandsurveyhistory.ca]
{{Geographic Location 2 | Center = Octopus Mountain | North = Simpson River | Northeast = Indian Peak | East = Mount Watson | Southeast = Mitchell River | South = Mount Sam | Southwest = Mount Selkirk | West = Kootenay National Park | Northwest = Mount Shanks }} {{Canadian Rockies|state=collapsed}}
Category:Two-thousanders of British Columbia Category:Park Ranges Category:Kootenay Land District Category:Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park