McGillivray Ridge, Jasper National Park

#129 among attractions in Jasper National Park

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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McGillivray Ridge is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia. Sometime before 1814, this massive mountain was called McGillvray's Rock after William McGillivray of the NWC. ()

First ascent: 1893Elevation: 8848 ftCoordinates: 52°23'29"N, 118°10'26"W

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McGillivray Ridge – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Committee's Punch Bowl, Hooker and Brown, Mount Scott, Mount Hooker.

0.9 miSW
Lake
Committee's Punch Bowl
22 min walk • The Committee's Punch Bowl is a small pond on the continental divide straddling the border between the Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia. George Simpson, governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, named the lake for the London-based managing committee of that company in 1824.
2.5 miW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Hooker and Brown
64 min walk • Hooker and Brown are two mythical mountains, once reputed to lie on the great Divide of the Canadian Rockies in Jasper National Park, bordering the Athabasca Pass, the old passage for the fur trade.
6.3 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Scott, Jasper National Park
162 min walk • Mount Scott is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia, North of the Hooker Icefield in Hamber Provincial Park. It is Alberta's 44th highest peak, and Alberta's 46th most prominence mountain. It is also British Columbia's 57th highest peak.
3.5 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Hooker, Jasper National Park
90 min walk • Mount Hooker is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia, Canada. It was named in 1827 by David Douglas after William Jackson Hooker.
5.6 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Ermatinger, Jasper National Park
144 min walk • Mount Ermatinger is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia, NE of Kinbasket Lake. It was named in 1920 by Arthur O. Wheeler for Edward Ermatinger.
1.1 miS
Mountain pass, Nature
Athabasca Pass, Jasper National Park
29 min walk • Athabasca Pass is a high mountain pass in the Canadian Rockies on the border between Alberta and British Columbia. In fur trade days it connected Jasper House on the Athabasca River with Boat Encampment on the Columbia River.

McGillivray Ridge, Jasper National Park

Facts and practical information

McGillivray Ridge – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Committee's Punch Bowl

Hooker and Brown

Mount Scott, Jasper National Park

Mount Hooker, Jasper National Park

Mount Ermatinger, Jasper National Park

Athabasca Pass, Jasper National Park