Mount Odlum | |
Elevation M: | 2716 |
Elevation Ref: | [1] |
Prominence M: | 150 |
Prominence Ref: | [2] |
Range: | Elk Range |
Parent Peak: | Running Rain Peak (2753 m) |
Region Type: | Provinces |
Region: | Alberta and British Columbia |
Map: | Canada Alberta#Canada British Columbia |
Map Size: | 200 |
Label Position: | right#left |
Coordinates: | 50.4861°N -114.9381°W |
Coordinates Ref: | [3] |
Topo: | NTS [4] |
Mount Odlum is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide. It was named in 1917 after Victor Wentworth Odlum, Brigadier-General in the Canadian army during World War I. After the war, he entered politics from 1924–1947.[3]
Mount Odlum is composed of 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 rock during the Laramide orogeny.