Fairholme Range

Fairholme Range
The Fairholme Range's top three: Mts Inglismaldie, Girouard and Peechee, from the Vermillion Lakes
Highest point
PeakMount Girouard
Elevation2,995 m (9,826 ft)[1]
Coordinates51°14′10″N 115°24′11″W / 51.23611°N 115.40306°W / 51.23611; -115.40306[2]
Geography
Fairholme Range is located in Alberta
Fairholme Range
Fairholme Range
CountryCanada
ProvinceAlberta
Range coordinates51°08′59″N 115°19′36″W / 51.14972°N 115.32667°W / 51.14972; -115.32667[3]
Parent rangeFront Ranges
Topo mapNTS 82O3 Canmore[3]

The Fairholme Range is a mountain range east of the Bow River valley in the Canadian Rockies. The range is bounded on the west side by the Trans-Canada Highway as it passes through the towns of Exshaw and Canmore, while the northern section of the range extends into Banff National Park to the southern shores of Lake Minnewanka.[4] John Palliser named the range in 1859 after his sister Grace Fairholme, who had married William Fairholme.[5]

In the spring and summer of 2003, Parks Canada performed a prescribed burn in selected areas of the range in order to reduce fire hazard, manage pine beetle population and increase sheep habitat. In total, 5300 hectares of land were affected.[6]

  1. ^ "Mount Girouard". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
  2. ^ "Mount Girouard". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
  3. ^ a b "Fairholme Range". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference usgs_pp_1386J was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Fairholme Range". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2004-06-15.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference pc_burn_2003 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).