Mount William Booth

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Mount William Booth
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Highest point
Elevation 2,728 m (8,950 ft) [1] [2]
Prominence 795 m (2,608 ft) [3]
Listing Mountains of Alberta
Coordinates 52°05′22″N116°19′14″W / 52.0894444°N 116.3205556°W / 52.0894444; -116.3205556 [4]
Geography
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Mount William Booth
Location in Alberta
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Mount William Booth
Mount William Booth (Canada)
Country Canada
Province Alberta
Parent range Ram Range
Topo map NTS 83C1 Whiterabbit Creek [4]

Mount William Booth was named in 1965 after William Booth, the founder of the Salvation Army. [1] It is part of the Ram Range in Alberta, Canada, and situated near the southern end of Abraham Lake. It is located in the North Saskatchewan River valley of the Canadian Rockies, and can be seen from the David Thompson Highway east of Saskatchewan Crossing.

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Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount William Booth is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. [5] Temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Mount William Booth". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
  2. "Topographic map of Mount William Booth". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
  3. "Mount William Booth". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
  4. 1 2 "Mount William Booth". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2024-01-08.
  5. Peel, M.C.; Finlayson, B.L. & McMahon, T.A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification" (PDF). Hydrology and Earth System Sciences . 11 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi: 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 . Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-12-02. Retrieved 2025-11-07.