Burl
Parkinson (d. 1959)
Active in the DPS: 1959
Perished with Francis Foley in a sudden spring
storm in 1959 on the Boundary-Montgomery ridge. He'd explored this peak and had
planned to subsequently lead a DPS trip to its summit. The DPS management
committee presented Burl's daughter
Mrs. Stuart A. Mitchell Jr.
with the pin
that he would have received for completing his emblem requirements with the
ascent of Mt. Montgomery. In 1961 the U.S. Board of Geographical Names accepted
the name Parkinson Peak for the mountain in the Argus Range named after
Burl.
No article appeared in the DPS newsletter regarding this event but it
was written up for The
Mugeloos.
Burl Parkinson on Mt.
Brewer
August 31
1958
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