Mount Richard Bennett

Mountain in British Columbia, Canada

Mount Richard Bennett is a 3,190 m (10,466 ft) peak located at co-ordinates 52°49′48″N 119°47′36″W / 52.83000°N 119.79333°W / 52.83000; -119.79333 in the Premier Range of the Cariboo Mountains in the east-central interior of British Columbia, Canada. The mountain is just north of the taller Mount Sir John Abbott and is often considered a continuation of that mountain.

The name honours the eleventh Prime Minister of Canada, Richard Bedford Bennett, who died in 1947. The mountain was officially renamed after Bennett in 1962.

External links

Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia listing for Mount Richard Bennett
"Mount Richard Bennett". BC Geographical Names.

Columbia Mountains

Cariboo
Major ranges	Mowdish Wavy Premier Christina
Mountains	Sir Wilfrid Laurier Sir John Abbott Sir John Thompson Sir Mackenzie Bowell Stanley Baldwin Arthur Meighen Richard Bennett John Oliver Lester Pearson Louis Saint Laurent Pierre Elliott Trudeau Sir Allan MacNab Mackenzie King

Monashee
Major ranges	Anstey Beaverdell Gold Jordan Kettle River Malton Midway Ratchford Rossland Scrip Whatshan
Mountains	Dunn Hallam Odin
Passes	Bonanza Eagle Monashee Sherman

Purcell
Sub-ranges	Farnham Group The Bugaboos
Mountains	Farnham Bugaboo Spire Howser Spire Pigeon Spire Snowpatch Spire
Glaciers	Toby

Selkirk
Major ranges	Battle Big Bend Bonnington Clachnacudainn Dawson Duncan Kokanee Nelson Valhalla Valkyr
Sub-ranges	Adamant Badshot Norns Ruby Sir Sandford Windy
Mountains	Abercrombie Adamant Dawson Gypsy Peak Kit Carson Krell Hill Mica Peak North Albert Sir Donald Sir Sandford Spokane
Passes	Kootenay Rogers
Glaciers	Illecillewaet