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The Golden Hinde is a mountain located in the Vancouver Island Ranges on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. At , it is the highest peak on the island. The mountain is located near the centre of the Strathcona Provincial Park, at the head of Wolf River and to the west of Buttle Lake, about east of the community of Gold River. The peak is popular with experienced backcountry climbers, having been first ascended in 1913. The mountain is made of basalt which is part of the Karmutsen Formation.
The mountain was named for Sir Francis Drake's ship, the Golden Hind, by an early fur-trading captain, who was reminded of Drake's ship as sunset hit the mountain (which is visible from the west coast of the Island) and in honour of Drake's reputed presence off the coast of the future British Columbia during the explorer's circumnavigation of the globe from 1577-80 (see New Albion). The present name was not officially conferred until 1938, but this was done after a reference to the peak in a fur-trader's log. The alternative name "The Rooster's Comb" was used by early alpinists because of the mountain's appearance.
External links
- Strathcona Provincial Park from British Columbia Ministry of Environment website
- Information on the mountain's attributes from the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia
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