Mount Northover | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 3,048 m (10,000 ft)[1][2] |
Prominence | 347 m (1,138 ft)[3] |
Parent peak | Mount Lyautey (3045 m)[3] |
Listing | |
Coordinates | 50°35′20″N 115°14′25″W / 50.58889°N 115.24028°W[4] |
Geography | |
Country | Canada |
Provinces | Alberta and British Columbia |
Parent range | Park Ranges[3] |
Topo map | NTS 82J11 Kananaskis Lakes[4] |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1957 by S.A. Heiberg, P.J.B. Duffy, R.C. Hind, P. Ranier, I. Spreat[1] |
Easiest route | Difficult Scramble with severe exposure[5] |
Mount Northover is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide. The nearest higher peak is Mount Lyautey, 2.0 km (1.2 mi) to the north-northeast.[3] It was named in 1917 after Lieutenant A.W. Northover, M.C., one of western Canada's first war heroes. Northover had recently migrated there from the United Kingdom and started a new family there.
A Boer War veteran, Northover enlisted at Regina in the North-West Battalion. He served with the 28th Battalion, C.E.F.,[6] and was awarded the Military Cross for action taken on Oct. 8, 1915. In 1916 he returned to Canada on a speaking tour, visiting relatives in Edmonton.[1][7]
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