Frank Slaggard

Frank Slaggard

Frank Slaggard was a pioneer prospector in the White River country.¹⁾

There is some discussion about Mount Slaggard (4,742 metres / 15,559 feet). MacBride Museum agrees with Les McLaughlin that Frank Slaggard was a White River prospector along with Clem Emminger, Bill Blair, and others who staked claims on the White River between 1900 and 1958.²⁾ On the internet, 2015 Mountain Field Guide says James Slaggard prospected the region around the mountain during the Klondike gold rush.³⁾ Robert Coutts thinks Joseph R. Slaggard was a pioneer prospector with M.C. Harris and Solomon Albert in the Mount Slaggard area in the early 1900s.⁴⁾ If there were three men named Slaggard prospecting in the region then the mountain is suitably named.