Kananaskis Range | |
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Highest point | |
Peak | Mount Galatea |
Elevation | 3,185 m (10,449 ft) [1] |
Coordinates | 50°50′23″N115°16′26″W / 50.83972°N 115.27389°W [2] |
Dimensions | |
Length | 44 km (27 mi) [3] |
Width | 25 km (16 mi) [3] |
Geography | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Alberta |
Range coordinates | 50°51′14″N115°15′53″W / 50.85389°N 115.26472°W [4] |
Parent range | Canadian Rockies |
Topo map | NTS 82J14 [4] |
The Kananaskis Range is a mountain range west of the Kananaskis River in the Canadian Rockies. Many of the peaks are named after ships and people involved in the Battle of Jutland.
Mount Bogart is named after D.B. Dowling. Bogart was his mother's maiden name and his middle name. D.B. Dowling surveyed the area in the early 1900s for the Geographical Society of Canada. Tower was named after Francis George Towers an early homesteader of the region. Mt McDougal another early homesteader Archie McDougal of Carstairs. Mts. Evans Thomas named after Thomas Oldham Evans an early homesteader.
Peaks of this range include:
Mountain/Peak | Elevation | |
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Mount Galatea | 3,185 m (10,449 ft) | |
Wind Mountain | 3,153 m (10,344 ft) | |
Mount Bogart | 3,144 m (10,315 ft) | |
The Tower | 3,124 m (10,249 ft) | |
Mount Sparrowhawk | 3,121 m (10,240 ft) | |
Mount Lougheed | 3,107 m (10,194 ft) | |
Mount Chester | 3,054 m (10,020 ft) | |
Mount James Walker | 3,035 m (9,957 ft) | |
The Fortress | 3,000 m (9,843 ft) | |
Gusty Peak | 3,000 m (9,843 ft) | |
Mount Inflexible | 3,000 m (9,843 ft) | |
Mount Engadine | 2,970 m (9,744 ft) | |
Mount Kidd | 2,958 m (9,705 ft) | |
Mount Buller | 2,805 m (9,203 ft) | |
Mount Lawson | 2,795 m (9,170 ft) | |
Mount Kent | 2,635 m (8,645 ft) | |
Mount Lorette | 2,487 m (8,159 ft) |
Mount Galatea is the highest peak of the Kananaskis Range, a subrange of the Canadian Rockies in the province of Alberta. It is located in the upper Spray Lakes Valley of the Kananaskis Country system of provincial parks. The mountain was named after the Royal Navy cruiser HMS Galatea.
The Three Sisters are a trio of peaks near Canmore, Alberta, Canada. They are known individually as Big Sister, Middle Sister and Little Sister.
The Elk Range is a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies, located on the southern edge of Kananaskis on the Alberta-British Columbia border. The range was named for elk found on the mountain slopes and in the nearby Elk River valley. Originally known as the Elk Mountains in 1917, the name was formally changed to the Elk Range in 1951.
The Misty Range is a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies located east of the Bighorn Highway within Kananaskis Country, Canada.
Mount Allen is a mountain in the Canadian Rockies, on the Continental Divide, which forms the provincial boundary between British Columbia and Alberta in this region. J. Monroe Thorington named this mountain for Samuel Evans Stokes Allen in 1924. Allen was an American cartographer who mapped this area of the Rockies in 1894-95. Allen had named this mountain "Shappee", the Stoney language word for "six", as part of his naming of the ten mountains in the Valley of the Ten Peaks. The peak forms part of the backdrop to Moraine Lake in Banff National Park.
Highwood Pass is a mountain pass in Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada. It lies west of Mount Rae and Mount Arethusa of the Misty Range, south of Elbow Pass. It lies within the Peter Lougheed Provincial Park on Alberta Highway 40. The Highwood River originates in the pass.
Mount Cordonnier is located north of Mount Joffre in Height of the Rockies Provincial Park and straddles the Continental Divide marking the Alberta-British Columbia border. It was named in 1918 after General Victor Louis Emilien Cordonnier.
The Goat Range is a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies in southwestern Alberta, Canada.
Mount Bogart is a 3,144-metre (10,315-foot) summit located in Kananaskis Country in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Mount Bogart's nearest higher peak is Wind Mountain, 4.7 km (2.9 mi) to the north. Mount Bogart is situated northwest of Mount Kidd, and both can be seen from Highway 40 near the Kananaskis Village junction.
Mount Brock is a 2,902-metre (9,521-foot) mountain summit located in the Opal Range of the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Its nearest higher peak is Mount Evan-Thomas, 3.3 km (2.1 mi) to the north.
Mount Buller was named in 1922 after Lieutenant Colonel H.C. Buller DSO, a casualty of World War I. It is located in the Kananaskis Range in Alberta.
Mount Kidd is a 2,958-metre (9,705-foot) double-summit massif centrally located in Kananaskis Country in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Mount Kidd is situated within Spray Valley Provincial Park, and its nearest higher neighbor is Mount Sparrowhawk, 7.0 km (4.3 mi) to the northwest. Mount Kidd is a landmark that can be seen from Highway 40 in the Kananaskis Village area, and from the Kananaskis Country Golf Course which lies at the eastern base of the mountain.
Mount Lorette is a 2,487-metre (8,159-foot) summit centrally located in Kananaskis Country in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Mount Lorette's nearest higher peak is Skogan Peak, 2.0 km (1.2 mi) to the north-northwest. Mount Lorette is a landmark that can be seen from Highway 40 north of the Kananaskis Village area.
Mount Lougheed is a 3,107-metre (10,194-foot) triple-peak mountain located between Spray Lakes Reservoir and the Wind Valley of Kananaskis Country in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. The highest summit is known as Peak 2. Peak 1 to the northwest is 3,080 metres. Peak 3 to the southeast is 3,010 metres. The nearest higher peak is Wind Mountain, 2.0 km (1.2 mi) to the southeast. Mount Lougheed is a conspicuous landmark that can be seen from Highway 1, the Trans-Canada Highway at Dead Man's Flats which is east of Canmore.
Mount Sparrowhawk is a 3,121-metre (10,240 ft) mountain summit located in Kananaskis Country in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Mount Sparrowhawk's nearest higher peak is Mount Bogart, 3.6 km (2.2 mi) to the southeast. Sparrowhawk's south slope was a candidate to be used as a ski hill for the alpine events at the 1988 Winter Olympics, but nearby Mount Allan's Nakiska was selected instead.
Mount Evan-Thomas is a 3,097-metre (10,161-foot) mountain summit located in the Opal Range of the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Mount Evan-Thomas is the highest point in the Opal Range. It is situated in the Kananaskis River Valley northeast of Lower Kananaskis Lake and east of Highway 40 in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park. Its nearest higher peak is Mount Rae, 18.0 km (11.2 mi) to the south-southeast.
Mount Jerram is a 2,996-metre (9,829-foot) mountain summit located in the Opal Range of the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Its nearest higher peak is Elpoca Mountain, 4.0 km (2.5 mi) to the south-southeast. Mount Jerram is situated east of Mount Wintour, within Peter Lougheed Provincial Park.
Wind Mountain is a 3,153-metre (10,344-foot) mountain summit located in Kananaskis Country in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Wind Mountain's nearest higher peak is Mount Galatea, 13.0 km (8.1 mi) to the south, and both are part of the Kananaskis Range. Wind Mountain can be seen from the Trans-Canada Highway in the Bow River valley, and from Highway 40.
Mount Packenham is a 3,000-metre (9,800-foot) mountain summit located in the Opal Range of the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Its nearest higher peak is Mount Evan-Thomas, 1.0 km (0.62 mi) to the north. Situated on the eastern boundary of Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, the peak is visible from Highway 40 and the Kananaskis Lakes area.
Fisher Peak is a 3,053-metre (10,016-foot) mountain summit located in the Fisher Range of Kananaskis Country in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Fisher Peak is the highest point in the Fisher Range, so its nearest higher peak is Mount Evan-Thomas, 7.0 km (4.3 mi) to the southwest in the Opal Range. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains west into Evan-Thomas Creek, which is a tributary of the Kananaskis River, or east into the Little Elbow River which is a tributary of the Elbow River.