Fairholme Range | |
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Highest point | |
Peak | Mount Girouard |
Elevation | 2,995 m (9,826 ft) [1] |
Coordinates | 51°14′10″N115°24′11″W / 51.23611°N 115.40306°W [2] |
Geography | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Alberta |
Range coordinates | 51°08′59″N115°19′36″W / 51.14972°N 115.32667°W [3] |
Parent range | Front Ranges |
Topo map | NTS 82O3 Canmore [3] |
The Fairholme Range is a mountain range east of the Bow River valley in the Canadian Rockies. The range is bounded on the west side by the Trans-Canada Highway as it passes through the towns of Exshaw and Canmore, while the northern section of the range extends into Banff National Park to the southern shores of Lake Minnewanka. [4] John Palliser named the range in 1859 after his sister Grace Fairholme, who had married William Fairholme. [5]
In the spring and summer of 2003, Parks Canada performed a prescribed burn in selected areas of the range in order to reduce fire hazard, manage pine beetle population and increase sheep habitat. In total, 5300 hectares of land were affected. [6]
Peaks of this range include:
Name | Elevation | Prominence | Coordinates | ||
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m | ft | m | ft | ||
Mount Girouard | 9,826 style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7003145500000000000"|1,455 | 4,774 | 51°14'10"N, 115°24'11"W | ||
Mount Inglismaldie | 9,724 style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7002160000000000000"|160 | 520 | 51°14'30"N, 115°25'16"W | ||
Mount Peechee | 9,629 style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7002160000000000000"|160 | 520 | 51°12'35"N, 115°22'30"W | ||
Mount Charles Stewart | 9,216 style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7002363000000000000"|363 | 1,191 | 51°9'18"N, 115°19'59"W | ||
Grotto Mountain | 8,878 style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7002238000000000000"|238 | 781 | 51°5'0"N, 115°16'1"W | ||
Mount Fable | 8,865 style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7002203000000000000"|203 | 666 | 51°7'6"N, 115°13'40"W | ||
Mount Lady Macdonald | 8,550 style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7001750000000000000"|75 | 246 | 51°7'20"N, 115°19'0"W | ||
Princess Margaret Mountain | 8,251 style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7001380000000000000"|38 | 125 | 51°9'35"N, 115°22'20"W | ||
Anûkathâ Îpa | 8,248 style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7001340000000000000"|34 | 112 | 51°8'10"N, 115°20'16"W | ||
Association Peak | 7,749 style="text-align:right;" data-sort-value="7002102000000000000"|102 | 335 | 51°10'50"N, 115°7'34"W |
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