Mount Rutherford

Mountain in the country of Canada
Mount Rutherford is located in Alberta
Mount Rutherford
Mount Rutherford
Alberta, Canada
Highest pointElevation2,847 m (9,341 ft)[1]Prominence393 m (1,289 ft)[2]ListingMountains of AlbertaCoordinates53°10′20″N 118°24′51″W / 53.17222°N 118.41417°W / 53.17222; -118.41417[3]GeographyLocationAlberta, CanadaParent rangeCanadian Rockies, Northern Front RangesTopo mapNTS 83E1 Snaring River[3]

Mount Rutherford is a mountain in Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada. It is part of the Northern Front Ranges of the Canadian Rockies. Its peak stands 3 km (2 mi) east of Harvey Lake and north of the Snaring River, a tributary of the Athabasca River.

In 1954, the Geographic Board of Alberta named the 2,847 m (9,341 ft) peak Mount Rutherford after Alberta's first premier, Alexander Cameron Rutherford. It is about 34 kilometres northwest[4] of the town of Jasper.

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References

  1. ^ "Mount Rutherford". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2007-09-10.
  2. ^ "Mount Rutherford". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2009-01-02.
  3. ^ a b "Mount Rutherford". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
  4. ^ "Jasper to Mount Rutherford". Jasper to Mount Rutherford. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  • The Alberta Gazette #2026, December 15, 1954.
  • "A Gentleman of Strathcona - Alexander Cameron Rutherford", Douglas R. Babcock, 1989, The University of Calgary Press, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, ISBN 0-919813-65-8
  • Trip to Mount Rutherford, scrambles.ca
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