Walter Wilcox

Walter Dwight Wilcox (1869–1949) was an early explorer of the Canadian Rockies, especially in the Lake Louise region.

Wilcox was educated at Phillips Academy, Andover (Class of 1889) and Yale University (1893).

He is accredited with the first ascents of Mount Temple (3,543m), on Aug. 17, 1894 with Samuel E. S. Allen and Lewis Frissell.

[3] In 1898, Mount Wilcox (2,884m) in the Columbia Icefield area of Jasper National Park was named in Wilcox's honour by J. Norman Collie.

The pass that provides easy access to Mt.

From 1911 to 1926, Wilcox lived in this Washington, D.C. home, better known as the Whittemore House .