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Mount Bagot

Mount Bagot

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Haines
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 6788 ft (2068.98 m)
About

In Coast Mts., on Alaska-Canada boundary, 5 mi. NW of Snow Top and 13 mi. SE of Skagway.

History of Mount Bagot

Named jointly by United States and Canada for Sir Charles Bagot, 1781 -1843, British Ambassador to Russia and Plenipotentiary at St. Petersburg in 1822 in negotiations regarding the Alaska boundary. He was British Minister to the United States, 1815-20 and negotiated the Rush-Bagot Covention in 1817 limiting armaments on the Great Lakes. He served as Governor General of Canada from 1841 to 1843.