Mount Stewart (Alberta)

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Mount Stewart
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Mount Stewart
Highest point
Elevation 3,312 m (10,866 ft) [1] [2]
Prominence 1,117 m (3,665 ft)above Nigel Pass [2]
Parent peak Sunwapta Peak 3315 m [2]
Listing Mountains of Alberta
Coordinates 52°13′09″N116°56′40″W / 52.21917°N 116.94444°W / 52.21917; -116.94444 Coordinates: 52°13′09″N116°56′40″W / 52.21917°N 116.94444°W / 52.21917; -116.94444 [3]
Geography
Location Alberta, Canada
Parent range Cloister Mountains
Topo map NTS   83C2 Cline River [3]

Mount Stewart is a mountain on the northern side of Upper Cataract Creek Valley in Alberta, Canada. [1] It is the highest point of the Cloister Mountains.

The mountain was named by Arthur Coleman in 1902 for Louis Stewart, a Professor of Surveys at the University of Toronto. In the late 1800s, Stewart had accompanied Coleman on two trips into the Canadian Rockies. Stewart's father, George Alexander Stewart became the first superintendent of Banff National Park. [1]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 "Mount Stewart". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
  3. 1 2 "Mount Stewart, Alberta". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2021-01-08.