Fairholme Range

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Fairholme Range
Mts Inglismaldie, Girouard, Peechee from Vermillion Lakes.jpg
The Fairholme Range's top three: Mts Inglismaldie, Girouard and Peechee, from the Vermillion Lakes
Highest point
PeakMount Girouard
Elevation 2,995 m (9,826 ft) [1]
Coordinates 51°14′10″N115°24′11″W / 51.23611°N 115.40306°W / 51.23611; -115.40306 [2]
Geography
Canada Alberta relief location map - transverse mercator proj.svg
Red triangle with thick white border.svg
Country Canada
Province Alberta
Range coordinates 51°08′59″N115°19′36″W / 51.14972°N 115.32667°W / 51.14972; -115.32667 [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]

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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]

List of mountains

Peaks of this range include:

NameElevation Prominence Coordinates
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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
Map this section's coordinates using: OpenStreetMap
Grotto Mountain in 2005 Grotto Mountain 2005.jpg
Grotto Mountain in 2005

Anûkathâ Îpa is the official name as of 2020 of a mountain that previously held a racist and offensive name. [7]

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References

  1. "Mount Girouard". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
  2. "Mount Girouard". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2019-08-02.
  3. 1 2 "Fairholme Range". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2019-08-02.
  4. Ommanney, Simon (2002). Williams, Richard Jr.; Ferrigno, Jane (eds.). "Glaciers of the Canadian Rockies" (PDF). U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1386: Satellite Image Atlas of the Glaciers of the World -- North America. Washington, D.C.: USGS: 224. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
  5. "Fairholme Range". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2004-06-15.
  6. "2003 Prescribed burn in the Fairholme Range". Parks Canada. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2005-10-16.
  7. "Beyond Local: Stoney Nakoda restores traditional name to peak with racist nickname". StAlbertToday.ca. September 29, 2020. Retrieved 2022-01-31.

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