Mount Barlow

Mountain in the country of Canada
Mount Barlow is located in Alberta
Mount Barlow
Mount Barlow
Location on Alberta and British Columbia border
Highest pointElevation3,120 m (10,240 ft)[1][2]Prominence203 m (666 ft)[3]Listing51°42′19″N 116°48′39″W / 51.70528°N 116.81083°W / 51.70528; -116.81083[4]GeographyCountryCanadaProvincesAlberta and British ColumbiaParent rangePark RangesTopo mapNTS 82N10 Blaeberry River[4]ClimbingFirst ascent1930 by E. Cromwell, J. Monroe Thorington, Peter Kaufmann[3]

Mount Barlow is located on the Continental Divide along the border of Alberta and British Columbia at the southern edge of the Freshfield Icefield in Banff National Park. It was named in 1916 by D.B. Dowling after Dr. Alfred Ernest Barlow, a cartographer with the Geological Survey of Canada who died in the 1914 Empress of Ireland disaster.[1][3][5]

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References

  1. ^ a b "Mount Barlow". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
  2. ^ "Topographic map of Mount Barlow". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
  3. ^ a b c "Mount Barlow". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2010-02-10.
  4. ^ a b "Mount Barlow". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2013-06-15.
  5. ^ Boles, Glen W.; Laurilla, Roger W.; Putnam, William L. (2006). Canadian Mountain Place Names. Vancouver: Rocky Mountain Books. p. 37. ISBN 978-1-894765-79-4.
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