Kananaskis Range Explained

Kananaskis Range
Country:Canada
Region Type:Province
Region:Alberta
Parent:Continental Ranges
Highest:Mount Galatea
Elevation M:3185
Coordinates:50.8397°N -115.2739°W
Coordinates Ref:[1]
Length Km:44
Width Km:25
Range Coordinates:50.8539°N -115.2647°W
Range Coordinates Ref:[2]
Map:Canada Alberta
Topo Map:NTS 82J14

The Kananaskis Range is a mountain range west of the Kananaskis River in the Continental Ranges of 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.[3] 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

Peaks of this range include:

Name Elevation ProminenceCoordinates
m ft m ft
Mount Galatea
Wind Mountain
Mount Bogart
The Tower
Mount Sparrowhawk
Mount Lougheed
Mount Chester
Mount James Walker
The Fortress
Gusty Peak
Mount Inflexible
Mount Engadine
Mount Kidd
Mount Buller
Mount Lawson
Mount Kent
Mount Lorette
Pigeon Mountain
Mary Barclay's Mountain

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Notes and References

  1. IAFWW. Mount Galatea. 2019-08-25.
  2. IAPTY. Kananaskis Range. 2019-08-25.
  3. 1443. Mount Bogart . 2024-10-19.