Mount Rutherford

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 3 km (2 mi) east of Harvey Lake and north of the Snaring River, a tributary of the Athabasca River.

Mount Rutherford
Mount Rutherford Alberta, Canada
Highest point
Elevation	2,847 m (9,341 ft)[1]
Prominence	393 m (1,289 ft)[2]
Listing	Mountains of Alberta
Coordinates	53°10′20″N 118°24′51″W[3]
Geography
Location	Alberta, Canada
Parent range	Canadian Rockies, Northern Front Ranges
Topo map	NTS 83E1 Snaring River[3]

In 1954, the Geographic Board of Alberta named the 2,847 m (9,341 ft) peak Mount Rutherford after Alberta's first premier, Alexander Cameron Rutherford. It is about 34 kilometres northwest^[4] of the town of Jasper.

See also

• Geography of Alberta

References

1. "Mount Rutherford". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2007-09-10.
2. "Mount Rutherford". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2009-01-02.
3. "Mount Rutherford". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
4. "Jasper to Mount Rutherford". Jasper to Mount Rutherford. Retrieved 2021-01-12.

• The Alberta Gazette #2026, December 15, 1954.
• "A Gentleman of Strathcona - Alexander Cameron Rutherford", Douglas R. Babcock, 1989, The University of Calgary Press, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, ISBN 0-919813-65-8

External links

• Trip to Mount Rutherford, scrambles.ca