Mount Bridgland

Mount Bridgland
Mount Bridgland seen from The Whistlers
Highest point
Elevation2,930 m (9,610 ft)[1]
Prominence405 m (1,329 ft)[2]
Parent peakDerr Peak 2966 m[2]
ListingMountains of Alberta
Coordinates52°57′11″N 118°31′33″W / 52.95306°N 118.52583°W / 52.95306; -118.52583[3]
Geography
Mount Bridgland is located in Alberta
Mount Bridgland
Mount Bridgland
Location of Mount Bidgland in Alberta
Mount Bridgland is located in Canada
Mount Bridgland
Mount Bridgland
Mount Bridgland (Canada)
LocationAlberta, Canada
Parent rangeVictoria Cross Ranges
Canadian Rockies
Topo mapNTS 83D15 Lucerne[3]
Climbing
First ascent1946 by Frank Smythe, Rex Gibson, David Wessel[1]

Mount Bridgland is a 2,930-metre (9,610 ft) mountain located in the Victoria Cross Ranges of Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada. It was named by Frank Sissons in 1923 after Morrison P. Bridgland (1878-1948), a Dominion Land Surveyor who named many peaks in Jasper Park and the Canadian Rockies.[4][1][2][5]

  1. ^ a b c "Mount Bridgland". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
  2. ^ a b c "Mount Bridgland". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2009-02-22.
  3. ^ a b "Mount Bridgland". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  4. ^ MacLaren, I.S. (2005). Mapper of Mountains M.P. Bridgland in the Canadian Rockies 1902-1930. With Eric Higgs, Gabrielle Zezulka-Mailloux. Edmonton, AB: The University of Alberta Press. ISBN 0-88864-456-6.
  5. ^ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 25.