Mount Backus

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Mount Backus
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Mount Backus
Location in Alberta
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Mount Backus
Location in Canada
Highest point
Elevation 1,815 m (5,955 ft) [1] [2]
Listing Mountains of Alberta
Coordinates 49°26′09″N114°16′21″W / 49.43583°N 114.27250°W / 49.43583; -114.27250 [3]
Geography
Country Canada
Province Alberta
Parent range Canadian Rockies
Topo map NTS 82G8 Beaver Mines [3]
Geology
Rock type Sedimentary

Mount Backus is a summit in Alberta, Canada.

Mount Backus has the name of a pioneer settler. [4]

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References

  1. "Mount Backus". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  2. "Topographic map of Mount Backus". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  3. 1 2 "Mount Backus". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  4. Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 14.