Kananaskis Range

Subrange of the Front Ranges in Alberta, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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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.

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Kananaskis Range
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The Fortress (upper centre), Mount Chester (right) and Gusty Peak (left and ridge foreground)
Highest point
PeakMount Galatea
Elevation3,185 m (10,449 ft)[1]
Coordinates50°50′23″N 115°16′26″W[2]
Dimensions
Length44 km (27 mi)[3]
Width25 km (16 mi)[3]
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Kananaskis Range
Location in Alberta
CountryCanada
ProvinceAlberta
Range coordinates50°51′14″N 115°15′53″W[4]
Parent rangeContinental Ranges
Topo mapNTS 82J14[4]
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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.

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Peaks of this range include:

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