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Mount Burke, 1270 m (4167 feet),〔(Bivouac.com entry "Mount Burke" )〕 is a mountain located in northeast Coquitlam, British Columbia, north of Port Coquitlam on the ridge system leading to Coquitlam Mountain. Most of the mountain is part of Pinecone Burke Provincial Park.〔BC Parks: (Pinecone Burke Map ) Retrieved on 30 May 2009〕 Mount Burke is a low hill at the end of Cedar Drive in Coquitlam near Minnekehada Park Access via Coast Meridian Road and Quarry Road. ==History== Mount Burke was named for Edmund Burke by Captain George Henry Richards of the HMS ''Plumper'' while surveying Burrard Inlet in 1859.〔(BC Names entry "Mount Burke" )〕 The mountain was placed in Pinecone Burke Provincial Park on the park's creation in 1995.〔Burke Mountain Naturalists: (About ) Retrieved on 30 May 2009〕 Many people confuse Mount Burke, with the much higher and larger Burke Ridge, which is more commonly known as Burke Mountain, and in the 1920s Burke Ridge was more commonly known as Dollar Mountain, after the Canadian Robert Dollar Company, who logged the lower portions of the mountain. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mount Burke」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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