Kananaskis Range

Kananaskis Range
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 / 50.83972°N 115.27389°W / 50.83972; -115.27389[2]
Dimensions
Length44 km (27 mi)[3]
Width25 km (16 mi)[3]
Geography
Kananaskis Range is located in Alberta
Kananaskis Range
Kananaskis Range
CountryCanada
ProvinceAlberta
Range coordinates50°51′14″N 115°15′53″W / 50.85389°N 115.26472°W / 50.85389; -115.26472[4]
Parent rangeCanadian Rockies
Topo mapNTS 82J14[4]

The Kananaskis Range is a mountain range west of the Kananaskis River in the Canadian Rockies. Many of the peaks are named after ships and people involved in the Battle of Jutland.

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.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference GemMap1998 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Mount Galatea". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference peakbagger was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b "Kananaskis Range". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-08-25.
  5. ^ "Mount Bogart". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2024-10-19.