Mount Bulyea

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Mount Bulyea
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Mount Bulyea
Location in Alberta
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Mount Bulyea
Location in British Columbia
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Mount Bulyea
Location in Canada
Highest point
Elevation 3,332 m (10,932 ft) [1] [note 1]
Prominence 132 m (433 ft) [1]
Listing
Coordinates 51°43′00″N116°55′24″W / 51.71667°N 116.92333°W / 51.71667; -116.92333 [4]
Geography
Country Canada
Provinces Alberta and British Columbia
Protected area Banff National Park
Parent range Park Ranges
Topo map NTS 82N10 Blaeberry River [4]
Climbing
First ascent 1910 J.E.C. Eaton, H. Burgener. [2]

Mount Bulyea is located in Banff National Park on the border of Alberta and British Columbia. It was named in 1920 after Hon. George H. V. Bulyea, a Canadian Pacific Railway employee and first Lieutenant Governor of Alberta. [5] [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Mount Bulyea". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2010-02-10.
  2. 1 2 "Mount Bulyea". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
  3. "Topographic map of Mount Bulyea". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
  4. 1 2 "Mount Bulyea". BC Geographical Names . Retrieved 2013-07-13.
  5. Boles, Glen W.; Laurilla, Roger W.; Putnam, William L. (2006). Canadian Mountain Place Names . Vancouver: Rocky Mountain Books. pp.  51–53. ISBN   978-1-894765-79-4.
  6. Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 27.
Notes
  1. Other sources give 3,304 metres. [2] [3]