Mount Barr

Mount Barr
Mount Barr
Location in western British Columbia
Highest point
Elevation 1,907 m (6,257 ft)
Prominence 137 m (449 ft)
Coordinates 49°15′49″N 121°33′35″W / 49.26361°N 121.55972°W / 49.26361; -121.55972Coordinates: 49°15′49″N 121°33′35″W / 49.26361°N 121.55972°W / 49.26361; -121.55972 [1]
Geography
Location British Columbia, Canada
Parent range Skagit Range, Cascade Mountains
Topo map NTS 092/H05
Geology
Type of rock Intrusive
Volcanic arc/belt Canadian Cascade Arc
Pemberton Volcanic Belt

Mount Barr is a mountain in the Skagit Range of the Cascade Mountains of southern British Columbia, Canada, located on the northeast side of Wahleach Lake and just southwest of Hope. It is a ridge highpoint with an elevation of 1,907 m (6,257 ft).

Mount Barr is one of several magmatic features just north of the Chilliwack batholith. It is part of a large circular igneous intrusion that was placed along the Fraser Fault 16 to 21 million years ago.[2][3] The intrusion is part of the Pemberton Volcanic Belt, an eroded volcanic belt that formed as a result of subduction of the Farallon Plate starting 29 million years ago.[2][4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Mount Barr". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
  2. 1 2 Miocene peralkaline volcanism in west-central British Columbia - Its temporal and plate-tectonics setting
  3. ↑ Chapter 5: The Cascade Episode
  4. ↑ Cenozoic to Recent plate configurations in the Pacific Basin: Ridge subduction and slab window magmatism in western North America
  5. ↑ Catalogue of Canadian volcanoes: Franklin Glacier Archived 2010-12-11 at the Wayback Machine.
  • "Mount Barr". BC Geographical Names.
  • "Mount Barr". Bivouac.com.


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