It is just north of Emerald Lake in Yoho National Park, near the Alpine Club of Canada's Stanley Mitchell hut.

The President was named Shaugnessy in 1904 by Edward Whymper after Thomas Shaugnessy, the president of the Canadian Pacific Railway.

[1] Based on the Köppen climate classification, The President is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.

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