The President | |
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Left to right, The Vice President, President glacier and President
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 3,123 m (10,246 ft) |
Prominence | 658 m (2,159 ft) (above Kiwetinok Pass) |
Coordinates | 51°30′03″N 116°33′43″W / 51.50083°N 116.56194°WCoordinates: 51°30′03″N 116°33′43″W / 51.50083°N 116.56194°W |
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Parent range | Canadian Rockies |
Topo map | NTS 82N/10 |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1901 by James Outram, Christian Kaufmann and J. Pollinger |
Easiest route | scramble |
The President is a mountain peak on The President/Vice-President Massif, just north of Emerald Lake in Yoho National Park, near the Alpine Club of Canada's Stanley Mitchell hut.
The President was named Shaugnessy in 1904 by Edward Whymper after Thomas Shaugnessy, the president of the Canadian Pacific Railway. In 1907, the mountain was renamed by the Alpine Club of Canada, after it was discovered that the name had already been used on a mountain in the Selkirks.