Kananaskis Range

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Kananaskis Range
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High Rock Range in Kannaskis
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 / 50.83972; -115.27389 [2]
Dimensions
Length44 km (27 mi) [3]
Width25 km (16 mi) [3]
Geography
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Kananaskis Range
Location in Alberta
Country Canada
Province Alberta
Range coordinates 50°51′14″N115°15′53″W / 50.85389°N 115.26472°W / 50.85389; -115.26472 [4]
Parent range Continental Ranges
Topo map NTS 82J14 [4]

The Kananaskis Range is a mountain range west of the Kananaskis River in the Continental Ranges of the Canadian Rockies. Many of the peaks are named after ships and people involved in the Battle of Jutland.

Contents

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. [5] 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.

List of mountains

Peaks of this range include:

NameElevation Prominence Coordinates
mftmft
Mount Galatea 3,18510,4491,2804,200 50°50′23″N115°16′26″W / 50.83972°N 115.27389°W / 50.83972; -115.27389
Wind Mountain 3,15310,3447452,444 50°57′15″N115°14′46″W / 50.95417°N 115.24611°W / 50.95417; -115.24611
Mount Bogart 3,14410,3154921,614 50°54′42″N115°14′35″W / 50.91167°N 115.24306°W / 50.91167; -115.24306
The Tower 3,12410,2496182,028 50°51′24.1″N115°17′24.0″W / 50.856694°N 115.290000°W / 50.856694; -115.290000
Mount Sparrowhawk 3,12110,240256840 50°56′26″N115°15′57″W / 50.94056°N 115.26583°W / 50.94056; -115.26583
Mount Lougheed 3,10710,194242794 50°57′56″N115°15′45″W / 50.96556°N 115.26250°W / 50.96556; -115.26250
Mount Chester 3,05410,0203411,119 50°48′24″N115°15′47″W / 50.80667°N 115.26306°W / 50.80667; -115.26306
Mount James Walker 3,0359,9573221,056 50°48′18″N115°13′12″W / 50.80500°N 115.22000°W / 50.80500; -115.22000
The Fortress 3,0009,800287942 50°49′40″N115°14′36″W / 50.82778°N 115.24333°W / 50.82778; -115.24333
Gusty Peak 3,0009,800226741 50°49′50″N115°15′31″W / 50.83056°N 115.25861°W / 50.83056; -115.25861
Mount Inflexible 3,0009,8003791,243 50°46′54″N115°12′25″W / 50.78167°N 115.20694°W / 50.78167; -115.20694
Mount Engadine 2,9709,7403201,050 50°51′54″N115°18′40″W / 50.86500°N 115.31111°W / 50.86500; -115.31111
Mount Kidd 2,9589,7055351,755 50°53′37″N115°11′23″W / 50.89361°N 115.18972°W / 50.89361; -115.18972
Mount Buller 2,8059,203270890 50°57′15″N115°14′46″W / 50.95417°N 115.24611°W / 50.95417; -115.24611
Mount Lawson 2,7959,170113371 50°53′25″N115°18′50″W / 50.89028°N 115.31389°W / 50.89028; -115.31389
Mount Kent 2,6378,65246151
Mount Lorette 2,4878,15949161 50°59′11″N115°8′1″W / 50.98639°N 115.13361°W / 50.98639; -115.13361
Pigeon Mountain 2,3947,8543931,289 51°1′42″N115°12′24″W / 51.02833°N 115.20667°W / 51.02833; -115.20667
Mary Barclay's Mountain 2,2607,410160520 50°59′58″N115°6′15″W / 50.99944°N 115.10417°W / 50.99944; -115.10417

References

  1. Canmore and Kananaskis Village (Map). 1:50,000. Gem Trek Publishing. 1998. § D3. ISBN   1-895526-22-1 . Retrieved 2019-08-25.
  2. "Mount Galatea". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2019-08-25.
  3. 1 2 "Kananaskis range". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
  4. 1 2 "Kananaskis Range". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2019-08-25.
  5. "Mount Bogart". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2024-10-19.