Kananaskis Range

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.

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[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[4]
Parent range	Continental Ranges
Topo map	NTS 82J14[4]

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

Peaks of this range include:

Name	Elevation		Prominence		Coordinates
	m	ft	m	ft
Mount Galatea	3,185	10,449	1,280	4,200	50°50′23″N 115°16′26″W
Wind Mountain	3,153	10,344	745	2,444	50°57′15″N 115°14′46″W
Mount Bogart	3,144	10,315	492	1,614	50°54′42″N 115°14′35″W
The Tower	3,124	10,249	618	2,028	50°51′24.1″N 115°17′24.0″W
Mount Sparrowhawk	3,121	10,240	256	840	50°56′26″N 115°15′57″W
Mount Lougheed	3,107	10,194	242	794	50°57′56″N 115°15′45″W
Mount Chester	3,054	10,020	341	1,119	50°48′24″N 115°15′47″W
Mount James Walker	3,035	9,957	322	1,056	50°48′18″N 115°13′12″W
The Fortress	3,000	9,800	287	942	50°49′40″N 115°14′36″W
Gusty Peak	3,000	9,800	226	741	50°49′50″N 115°15′31″W
Mount Inflexible	3,000	9,800	379	1,243	50°46′54″N 115°12′25″W
Mount Engadine	2,970	9,740	320	1,050	50°51′54″N 115°18′40″W
Mount Kidd	2,958	9,705	535	1,755	50°53′37″N 115°11′23″W
Mount Buller	2,805	9,203	270	890	50°57′15″N 115°14′46″W
Mount Lawson	2,795	9,170	113	371	50°53′25″N 115°18′50″W
Mount Kent	2,637	8,652	46	151
Mount Lorette	2,487	8,159	49	161	50°59′11″N 115°8′1″W
Pigeon Mountain	2,394	7,854	393	1,289	51°1′42″N 115°12′24″W
Mary Barclay's Mountain	2,260	7,410	160	520	50°59′58″N 115°6′15″W

References

1. Canmore and Kananaskis Village (Map). 1:50,000. Gem Trek Publishing. 1998. § D3. ISBN 1-895526-22-1. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
2. "Mount Galatea". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
3. "Kananaskis range". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
4. "Kananaskis Range". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
5. "Mount Bogart". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2024-10-19.

External links

• Media related to Kananaskis Range at Wikimedia Commons
• "Kananaskis Range". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca.