Kananaskis Range
| Kananaskis Range | |
|---|---|
 The Fortress (upper centre), Mount Chester (right) and Gusty Peak (left and ridge foreground) | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Mount Galatea |
| Elevation | 3,185 m (10,449 ft)[1] |
| Coordinates | 50°50′23″N 115°16′26″W / 50.83972°N 115.27389°W[2] |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 44 km (27 mi)[3] |
| Width | 25 km (16 mi)[3] |
| Geography | |
  Kananaskis Range | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Alberta |
| Range coordinates | 50°51′14″N 115°15′53″W / 50.85389°N 115.26472°W[4] |
| Parent range | Canadian Rockies |
| Topo map | NTS 82J14[4] |
The Kananaskis Range is a mountain range west of the Kananaskis River in the Canadian Rockies. Many of the peaks are named after ships and people involved in the Battle of Jutland.
Mount Bogart is named after D.B. Dowling. Bogart was his mother's maiden name and his middle name. D.B. Dowling surveyed the area in the early 1900s for the Geographical Society of Canada.[5] Tower was named after Francis George Towers an early homesteader of the region. Mt McDougal another early homesteader Archie McDougal of Carstairs. Mts. Evans Thomas named after Thomas Oldham Evans an early homesteader.
List of mountains
[edit]Peaks of this range include:
References
[edit]- ^ Canmore and Kananaskis Village (Map). 1:50,000. Gem Trek Publishing. 1998. § D3. ISBN 1-895526-22-1. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
- ^ "Mount Galatea". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
- ^ a b "Kananaskis range". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
- ^ a b "Kananaskis Range". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
- ^ "Mount Bogart". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2024-10-19.
External links
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Media related to Kananaskis Range at Wikimedia Commons- "Kananaskis Range". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca.
