GARIBALDI, MOUNT

peak in southern British Columbia, Canada, in the Coast Mountains east of the Cheakamus River. Glacier-capped, it is 8,787 ft (2,678 m) high and is the focus of Garibaldi Provincial Park (area 760 sq mi [1,968 sq km]), established in 1927 and now a popular year-round recreational district. The park includes a nature conservancy (area 69 sq mi) and is 40 mi (64 km) north of Vancouver. Capt. George H. Richards of the survey ship Plumper named the peak c. 1860 for the Italian patriot.