Chaba Peak

Chaba Peak
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Highest point
Elevation	3,212 m (10,538 ft) [1] [2]
Prominence	278 m (912 ft) [3]
Parent peak	Apex Mountain (3250 m) [3]
Listing	Mountains of Alberta Mountains of British Columbia
Coordinates	52°11′52″N117°40′18″W / 52.1977778°N 117.6716667°W / 52.1977778; -117.6716667 [4]
Geography
Country	Canada
Provinces	Alberta and British Columbia
District	Kootenay Land District [5]
Parent range	Chaba Icefield Park Ranges
Topo map	NTS 83C4 Clemenceau Icefield [4]
Climbing
First ascent	September 6, 1928 by E. Schoeller and Julius Rahmi (guide) [6] [7] [1]

Chaba Peak is located in the Chaba Icefield south of Fortress Lake in Hamber Provincial Park on the Continental Divide marking the Alberta-British Columbia border. ^[5] It was named in 1920 after the Chaba River by the Interprovincial Boundary Survey. ^[5] Chaba is the Stoney Indian word for beaver. ^{[1] [3]}

See also

• List of peaks on the Alberta–British Columbia border
• List of mountains in the Canadian Rockies

References

1. "Chaba Peak". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-11.
2. "Topographic map of Chaba Peak". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2023-08-17.
3. "False Chaba Peak". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
4. "Chaba Peak (Alberta)". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2021-08-15.
5. "Chaba Peak". BC Geographical Names . Retrieved 2023-08-17.
6. North, Francis (1937). "Ascents Along the Athabaska". American Alpine Journal . 3 (1). American Alpine Club . Retrieved 2023-08-17.
7. "Rocky Mountains of Canada, A Note on the Chaba Glacier". American Alpine Journal. 3 (2). American Alpine Club: 219. 1938. Retrieved 2025-02-18.