Editing Mount Macdonald

{{short description|Mountain in British Columbia, Canada}}
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{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Macdonald
| photo = Rogers Pass Mount Carroll BC 1887.jpg
| photo_caption = Rogers Pass and Mount Macdonald (then Mount Carroll) on the [[Canadian Pacific Railway]], 1887
| elevation_m = 2883
| elevation_ref = <ref name=bivouac>{{cite bivouac|id=2373|name=Mount Macdonald|accessdate=2010-02-13}}</ref>
| prominence_m = 518
| prominence_ref = <ref name=bivouac/>
| parent_peak = [[Uto Peak]]
| range = [[Duncan Ranges]] ← [[Selkirk Mountains]]
| district = [[Kootenay Land District]]
| listing = [[List of mountains of British Columbia|Mountains of British Columbia]]
| location = [[British Columbia|British Columbia, Canada]]
| map = Canada British Columbia
| map_caption = Location in British Columbia
| label_position = left
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-zoom = 8
| mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Mount Macdonald
| coordinates = {{coord|51|18|30|N|117|28|18|W|type:mountain_region:CA-BC_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref = <ref name=bcgnis>{{cite bcgnis|id=12222|title=Mount Macdonald|accessdate=2015-01-10}}</ref>
| topo = [[National Topographic System|NTS]] {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|N|6}}<ref name=bcgnis/>
| first_ascent = 1886 by DO Lewis and several members of [[Canadian Pacific Railway|CPR]] Engineering<ref name=bivouac/>
| easiest_route = 
}}

'''Mount Macdonald''' is a [[mountain]] peak located in the [[Selkirk Mountains]] of [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]], immediately east of [[Rogers Pass (British Columbia)|Rogers Pass]] in [[Glacier National Park (Canada)|Glacier National Park]].  It is notable as the location of the [[Canadian Pacific Railway|Canadian Pacific Railway's]] [[Connaught Tunnel|Connaught]] and [[Mount Macdonald Tunnel]]s.  At 14.7&nbsp;km, the Mount Macdonald tunnel is the longest railway tunnel in the [[western hemisphere]].{{citation needed|date=January 2015}}

The original name of the peak was ''Mount Carroll'' (for a member of the [[Canadian Pacific Railway|CPR]] engineering team under [[A. B. Rogers]]<ref name=bcgnis/>), but was renamed to honor the first [[Prime Minister of Canada]], [[Sir]] [[John A. Macdonald]], by a Privy Council Order in Council #551 on 4 April 1887.<ref name=bcgnis/>
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==Climate==
Based on the [[Köppen climate classification]], this 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. |name-list-style=amp | 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&nbsp;°C with wind chill factors below −30&nbsp;°C. Precipitation [[Surface runoff|runoff]] from the mountain drains into tributaries of the [[Beaver River (Columbia River tributary)|Beaver River]].

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Mt MacDonald at Rogers Pass.jpg|Mount Macdonald's north face
Mount Macdonald, British Columbia.jpg|North aspect
</gallery>

==See also==
{{Portal|Mountains|Canada}}
* [[Mountain peaks of Canada]]
* [[Mountain peaks of North America]]

==References==
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==External links==
* Weather: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-6081662/Canada/British%20Columbia/Mount%20Macdonald Mount Macdonald]

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[[Category:Two-thousanders of British Columbia]]
[[Category:Selkirk Mountains]]
[[Category:Glacier National Park (Canada)]]
[[Category:Kootenay Land District]]

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