Mount Barlow

Mount Barlow
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Highest point
Elevation	3,143 m (10,312 ft) [1] [2] [a]
Prominence	203 m (666 ft) [1]
Listing	Mountains of Alberta Mountains of British Columbia
Coordinates	51°42′18″N116°48′38″W / 51.70500°N 116.81056°W / 51.70500; -116.81056 [5]
Geography
Country	Canada
Provinces	Alberta and British Columbia
Protected area	Banff National Park [6]
Parent range	Park Ranges
Topo map	NTS 82N10 Blaeberry River [5]
Climbing
First ascent	1930 by E. Cromwell, J. Monroe Thorington, Peter Kaufmann [1] [3]

Mount Barlow is located on the Continental Divide along the border of Alberta and British Columbia at the southern edge of the Freshfield Icefield in Banff National Park. It was named in 1916 by D.B. Dowling after Dr. Alfred Ernest Barlow, a cartographer with the Geological Survey of Canada who died in the 1914 Empress of Ireland disaster. ^{[3] [1] [7]}

See also

• List of peaks on the Alberta–British Columbia border
• List of mountains in the Canadian Rockies

References

1. "Mount Barlow". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2010-02-10.
2. "Mount Barlow". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2025-02-22.
3. "Mount Barlow". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
4. "Topographic map of Mount Barlow". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
5. "Mount Barlow". BC Geographical Names . Retrieved 2013-06-15.
6. NTS map sheet 82N10 Blaeberry River
7. Boles, Glen W.; Laurilla, Roger W.; Putnam, William L. (2006). Canadian Mountain Place Names . Vancouver: Rocky Mountain Books. p.  37. ISBN   978-1-894765-79-4.

Notes

1. Other sources state 3120 m. ^{[3] [4]}