Mount Robson

Mount Robson is the most <a href="/facts/Topographic_prominence/Xy2lhTQY">prominent</a> mountain in <a href="/facts/North_America/djNjCQIl">North America</a>'s <a href="/facts/Rocky_Mountains/rDc3cU0E">Rocky Mountain</a> <a href="/facts/Mountain_range/L7vxtr7A">range</a>; it is also the highest point in the <a href="/facts/Canadian_Rockies/4p0aSohw">Canadian Rockies</a>. 
The mountain is located entirely within <a href="/facts/Mount_Robson_Provincial_Park/ySAdhBGJ">Mount Robson Provincial Park</a> of <a href="/facts/British_Columbia/Ty3e3g1Q">British Columbia</a>, and is part of the <a href="/facts/Rainbow_Range_(Rocky_Mountains)/aENBhUrf">Rainbow Range</a>. 
Mount Robson is the second highest peak entirely in British Columbia, behind <a href="/facts/Mount_Waddington/CUWpI3JL">Mount Waddington</a> in the <a href="/facts/Coast_Mountains/8c3z8hol">Coast Range</a>. 
The south face of Mount Robson is clearly visible from the <a href="/facts/Yellowhead_Highway/xMDUBSkm">Yellowhead Highway</a> (Highway 16), and is commonly photographed along this route.
Mount Robson was likely named after <a href="/facts/Colin_Robertson_(fur_trader)/Vl6EQVlh">Colin Robertson</a>, who worked for both the <a href="/facts/North_West_Company/cKzANUvk">North West Company</a> and the <a href="/facts/Hudson%27s_Bay_Company/XARD4Iky">Hudson's Bay Company</a> at various times in the early 19th century, though there was confusion over the name as many assumed it to have been named for <a href="/facts/John_Robson_(politician)/rITYzsbK">John Robson</a>, an early premier of British Columbia. 
The <a href="/facts/Texqa%27kallt/8IuFzNYP">Texqa’kallt</a>, a <a href="/facts/Secwepemc/fPr9SsYW">Secwepemc</a> people and the earliest known inhabitants of the area, call it Yexyexéscen (striped rock), spelled in Dawson 1891 as Yuh-hai-has-kun, The Mountain of the Spiral Road.
Other unofficial names include Cloud Cap Mountain.

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Mount Robson