Mount Hurd

Mount Hurd
Highest point
Coordinates 51°17′06″N 116°32′11″W / 51.28500°N 116.53639°W / 51.28500; -116.53639Coordinates: 51°17′06″N 116°32′11″W / 51.28500°N 116.53639°W / 51.28500; -116.53639
Geography
Location British Columbia, Canada
Parent range Canadian Rockies

Mount Hurd is a Canadian mountain in the Ottertail Range of the Rocky Mountains in British Columbia. It was named after Major Marshall Farnam Hurd (1823-1903) a Canadian Pacific Railway engineer and explorer. It was featured on a 1928 Canada Post 10¢ stamp based on a painting by Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith.

References

  • "Mount Hurd". BC Geographical Names.
  • "Canadian Postal Archives Database".


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