Mount McLaren

Mount McLaren
Mount McLaren
	Mount McLaren centered, from ENE; (Mount Parrish left, Chinook Peak right)
Highest point
Elevation	2,301 m (7,549 ft)
Prominence	220 m (722 ft)
Parent peak	Mount Ptolemy (2,813 m)
Isolation	1.38 km (0.86 mi)
Listing	Mountains of Alberta
Coordinates	49°34′59″N114°34′05″W / 49.58306°N 114.56806°W Coordinates: 49°34′59″N114°34′05″W / 49.58306°N 114.56806°W
Naming
Etymology	Peter McLaren
Geography
	Mount McLaren Location of Mount McLaren in Alberta Mount McLaren Mount McLaren (Canada)
Location	Castle Wildland Provincial Park ; Alberta, Canada
Parent range	Flathead Range ; Canadian Rockies
Topo map	NTS 82G10 Alberta
Geology
Mountain type	Fault block
Type of rock	Limestone
Climbing
Easiest route	Scrambling via SW Ridge

Last updated November 05, 2022

Mount McLaren is a 2,301-metre (7,549-foot) mountain summit located in Alberta, Canada.

Description

Mount McLaren is situated six kilometers southwest of the town of Coleman in the Crowsnest Pass area and can be seen from the Crowsnest Highway (Highway 3).^[2] It is part of the Flathead Range which is a subset of the Canadian Rockies. The peak is set two kilometers east of the Continental Divide, in Castle Wildland Provincial Park. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into Star and North York creeks which are tributaries of the nearby Crowsnest River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises over 945 meters (3,100 feet) above the river in 5 kilometers (3.1 miles). Chinook Peak is 3.0 km (1.9 mi) to the west of Mt. McLaren and the nearest higher neighbor is Mount Parrish, 1.4 km (0.87 mi) to the southwest.^[1]

History

Peter McLaren (1906) PeterMcLarenSenator.jpg — Peter McLaren (1906)

Mount McLaren is named after Peter McLaren (1833–1919), a Canadian politician and Senator from Perth, Ontario.^[6] Senator Peter McLaren was involved in the timber trade and operated a sawmill on Mill Creek (west of Pincher Creek) which provided railroad ties for the construction of the Crowsnest Pass Railway in 1897 and 1898. His loggers hewed the trees ahead of track layers. The mountain's toponym was officially adopted March 15, 1962, by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.^[3]

On January 19, 1946, a Royal Canadian Air Force DC-3 struck Mount Ptolemy and crashed into the North York Creek valley below Mount McLaren.^[2] All seven crewmembers perished in the accident. Some wreckage of the aircraft is still present.

Geology

Mount McLaren is composed of limestone which is a sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods. Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger Cretaceous period rock during the Laramide orogeny.^[7]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount McLaren has an alpine subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.^[8] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.

Gallery

Mt. McLaren, with Andy Good Peak (behind), and Mt. Parrish (center)
Flathead Range
L→Rː Mt. Coulthard, Mt. McLaren, Andy Good Peak, Mt. Parrish, Chinook Peak
Mt. McLaren to left
DC-3 wreckage near Mt. McLaren

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References

1 2 3 4 5 "Mount McLaren, Peakvisor.com" . Retrieved November 2, 2022.
1 2 3 "Mount McLaren". PeakFinder.com. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
1 2 3 "Mount McLaren". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2022-11-02.
↑ "Flathead Range". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2022-11-02.
1 2 Andrew Nugara (2014), More Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies Second Edition, Rocky Mountain Books, ISBN 9781771600170, p. 184
↑ Dave Birrell (2000), 50 Roadside Panoramas in the Canadian Rockies, Rocky Mountain Books, ISBN 9780921102656, p. 139
↑ Gadd, Ben (2008), Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias
↑ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11: 1633–1644. ISSN 1027-5606.

External links

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[peakvisor-1] 1 2 3 4 5 "Mount McLaren, Peakvisor.com" . Retrieved November 2, 2022.

[pf-2] 1 2 3 "Mount McLaren". PeakFinder.com. Retrieved 2022-11-02.

[cgndb-3] 1 2 3 "Mount McLaren". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2022-11-02.

[cgndb2-4] "Flathead Range". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2022-11-02.

[Nugara-5] 1 2 Andrew Nugara (2014), More Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies Second Edition, Rocky Mountain Books, ISBN 9781771600170, p. 184

[6] Dave Birrell (2000), 50 Roadside Panoramas in the Canadian Rockies, Rocky Mountain Books, ISBN 9780921102656, p. 139

[gadd-7] Gadd, Ben (2008), Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias

[Peel-8] Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11: 1633–1644. ISSN 1027-5606.

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