Mount Talbot

For Mount Talbot in Victoria, Australia, see Brimpaen.

Mount Talbot is located on the northern side of Shale Pass on the Alberta-British Columbia border.^[5] It was officially named on 4 November 1925 after Senator Peter Talbot (1854-1919),^[6] an early pioneer of the Lacombe region of central Alberta. A teacher and farmer, he turned to politics and became an elected representative of the Northwest Territories and later the province of Alberta. In 1906, Sir Wilfrid Laurier appointed him to the Senate of Canada.^[7]

Mount Talbot
Mount Talbot Location in Alberta and British Columbia Show map of Alberta Mount Talbot Mount Talbot (British Columbia) Show map of British Columbia
Highest point
Elevation	2,373 m (7,785 ft)[1][2]
Prominence	234 m (768 ft)[3]
Listing	Mountains of Alberta Mountains of British Columbia
Coordinates	53°36′56″N 119°43′00″W[4]
Geography
Country	Canada
Provinces	Alberta and British Columbia
Parent range	Front Ranges
Topo map	NTS 83E12 Pauline Creek[4]

See also

• List of peaks on the Alberta–British Columbia border

References

1. "Mount Talbot". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
2. "Topographic map of Mount Talbot". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
3. "Mount Talbot". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
4. "Mount Talbot". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
5. "Mount Talbot". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
6. Geographic Board of Canada, 1928, p. 123; Karamitsanis, 1991, p. 243
7. The Lacombe and District Chamber of Commerce, 1982

Sources

• Geographic Board of Canada. (1928). Place-Names of Alberta. Ottawa: Department of the Interior.

• Karamitsanis, A. (Ed.). (1991). Place names of Alberta: Mountains, mountain parks and foothills (Vol.1). Calgary, Alberta: Alberta Culture and Multiculturalism, Friends of Geographical Names of Alberta Society, University of Calgary Press.

• The Lacombe and District Chamber of Commerce. (1982). Lacombe, the first century. Lacombe, Alberta: Author.