The Vice President
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The Vice-President is a mountain
on the 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 Vice-President was named Mount McNicoll
in 1904 by Edward Whymper
after David McNicoll, the VP 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 near Rogers Pass
.
Mountain
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on the The President/Vice-President Massif just North of Emerald Lake in Yoho National Park
Yoho National Park
Yoho National Park is located in the Canadian Rocky Mountains along the western slope of the Continental Divide in southeastern British Columbia. Yoho NP is bordered by Kootenay National Park on the southern side and Banff National Park on the eastern side...
, near the Alpine Club of Canada
Alpine Club of Canada
The Alpine Club of Canada is a mountain club with a National Office in Canmore, Alberta that has been a focal point for Canadian mountaineering since its founding in 1906. The club was co-founded by Arthur Oliver Wheeler, who served as its first president, and Elizabeth Parker, a journalist for...
's Stanley Mitchell hut
Stanley Mitchell hut
The Stanley Mitchell hut is an alpine hut located at an altitude of 2060 m in the Little Yoho Valley in Yoho National Park, British Columbia. It sits in a small meadow not far from the base of a mountain called The President. It serves as a base for hiking, scrambling, ski-touring and climbing...
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The Vice-President was named Mount McNicoll
Mount McNicoll
Mount McNicoll is a mountain in the North Glacier Park Selkirks in Glacier National Park, located southeast of Mount Pearce. It is the fifth highest peak in its range. Water falling on the mountain reaches the Pacific Ocean via the Columbia River...
in 1904 by Edward Whymper
Edward Whymper
Edward Whymper , was an English illustrator, climber and explorer best known for the first ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865. On the descent four members of the party were killed.-Early life:...
after David McNicoll, the VP of the Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway
The Canadian Pacific Railway , formerly also known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a historic Canadian Class I railway founded in 1881 and now operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001...
. 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 near Rogers Pass
Rogers Pass
Rogers Pass is a high mountain pass through the Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia used by the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Trans-Canada Highway. The pass is a shortcut across the "Big Bend" of the Columbia River from Revelstoke on the west to Donald, near Golden, on the east...
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