Information About

Mount Bagot

Quick Facts

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Location

59 ° 20' 48.001" N,
135 ° 1' 45.998" W

Region

Haines

Nearest City

Skagway

Elevation

6788 ft (2068.98 m)

Mount Bagot in Detail.

About

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

History

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.

Topo Maps

Skagway B-1 (1949), Skagway B-1 (1949), Skagway B-1 (1949), Skagway B-1 (1949), Skagway B-1 (1951), Skagway (1952), Skagway (1952), Skagway (1952), Skagway (1952), Skagway (1961), Skagway (1961), Skagway (1961), Skagway (1961), Skagway B-1 SE (2017),
Places Near Mount Bagot
Cities:

Denver,

Dams:

Upper Dewey Lake Dam,

Glaciers:

Denver Glacier, Laughton Glacier, South Glacier,

Lakes:

Goat Lake,

Mountains:

Mount Bagot, Boundary Peak 108, Boundary Peak 109, Boundary Peak 111, Mount Hefty, Porcupine Hill, Snow Top, Twin Dewey Peaks,

Peaks:

Rage Against the Machine, Termination Peak, The Trickster, Twin, Unholy Peak,

Mountain Ranges:

Coast Range, Sawtooth Range,

Streams:

Captain William Moore Creek,

Waterfalls:

Pitchfork Falls,