Fairholme Range

Fairholme Range
The Fairholme Range's top three: Mts Inglismaldie, Girouard and Peechee, from the Vermillion Lakes
Highest point
PeakMount Girouard
Elevation2,995 m (9,826 ft)[1]
Coordinates51°14′10″N 115°24′11″W / 51.23611°N 115.40306°W / 51.23611; -115.40306[2]
Geography
Fairholme Range is located in Alberta
Fairholme Range
Fairholme Range
Location in Alberta
CountryCanada
ProvinceAlberta
Range coordinates51°08′59″N 115°19′36″W / 51.14972°N 115.32667°W / 51.14972; -115.32667[3]
Parent rangeFront Ranges
Topo mapNTS 82O3 Canmore[3]

The Fairholme Range is a mountain range east of the Bow River valley in the Canadian Rockies. The range is bounded on the west side by the Trans-Canada Highway as it passes through the towns of Exshaw and Canmore, while the northern section of the range extends into Banff National Park to the southern shores of Lake Minnewanka.[4] John Palliser named the range in 1859 after his sister Grace Fairholme, who had married William Fairholme.[5]

In the spring and summer of 2003, Parks Canada performed a prescribed burn in selected areas of the range in order to reduce fire hazard, manage pine beetle population and increase sheep habitat. In total, 5300 hectares of land were affected.[6]

List of mountains

Peaks of this range include:

Name Elevation Prominence Coordinates
m ft m ft
Mount Girouard 2,995 9,826 1,455 4,774 51°14′10″N 115°24′11″W / 51.23611°N 115.40306°W / 51.23611; -115.40306
Mount Inglismaldie 2,964 9,724 160 520 51°14′30″N 115°25′16″W / 51.24167°N 115.42111°W / 51.24167; -115.42111
Mount Peechee 2,935 9,629 160 520 51°12′35″N 115°22′38″W / 51.20972°N 115.37722°W / 51.20972; -115.37722
Mount Charles Stewart 2,809 9,216 363 1,191 51°9′18″N 115°19′59″W / 51.15500°N 115.33306°W / 51.15500; -115.33306
Grotto Mountain 2,706 8,878 238 781 51°5′16″N 115°16′5″W / 51.08778°N 115.26806°W / 51.08778; -115.26806
Mount Fable 2,702 8,865 203 666 51°7′6″N 115°13′40″W / 51.11833°N 115.22778°W / 51.11833; -115.22778
Mount Lady Macdonald 2,606 8,550 75 246 51°7′20″N 115°19′0″W / 51.12222°N 115.31667°W / 51.12222; -115.31667
Princess Margaret Mountain 2,515 8,251 38 125 51°9′32″N 115°22′8″W / 51.15889°N 115.36889°W / 51.15889; -115.36889
Anûkathâ Îpa 2,514 8,248 34 112 51°8′10″N 115°20′16″W / 51.13611°N 115.33778°W / 51.13611; -115.33778
Association Peak 2,362 7,749 102 335 51°10′50″N 115°7′34″W / 51.18056°N 115.12611°W / 51.18056; -115.12611
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Grotto Mountain in 2005

Anûkathâ Îpa is the official name as of 2020 of a mountain that previously held a racist and offensive name.[7]

Further reading

  • Patton, Brian; Robinson, Bart (31 March 2011). Canadian Rockies Trail Guide. pp. 16, 32. ISBN 9780978237509.
  • Patton, Brian (July 2007). Parkways of the Canadian Rockies: A Touring Guide to Banff, Jasper, Kootenay. pp. 13–14, 41. ISBN 9780978237523.

References

  1. ^ "Mount Girouard". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
  2. ^ "Mount Girouard". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
  3. ^ a b "Fairholme Range". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
  4. ^ Ommanney, Simon (2002). Williams, Richard Jr.; Ferrigno, Jane (eds.). "Glaciers of the Canadian Rockies" (PDF). U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1386: Satellite Image Atlas of the Glaciers of the World -- North America. Washington, D.C.: USGS: 224. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
  5. ^ "Fairholme Range". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2004-06-15.
  6. ^ "2003 Prescribed burn in the Fairholme Range". Parks Canada. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2005-10-16.
  7. ^ "Beyond Local: Stoney Nakoda restores traditional name to peak with racist nickname". StAlbertToday.ca. September 29, 2020. Retrieved 2022-01-31.

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