Mount Rutherford | |
Elevation M: | 2847 |
Elevation Ref: | [1] |
Prominence M: | 393 |
Prominence Ref: | [2] |
Range: | Canadian Rockies, Northern Front Ranges |
Listing: | Mountains of Alberta |
Location: | Alberta, Canada |
Map: | Canada Alberta |
Coordinates: | 53.1722°N -118.4142°W |
Coordinates Ref: | [3] |
Mount Rutherford is a mountain in Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada. It is part of the Northern Front Ranges of the Canadian Rockies. Its peak stands 30NaN0 east of Harvey Lake and north of the Snaring River, a tributary of the Athabasca River.
In 1954, the Geographic Board of Alberta named the 2847m (9,341feet) peak Mount Rutherford after Alberta's first premier, Alexander Cameron Rutherford. It is about 34 kilometres northwest[4] of the town of Jasper.