Kananaskis Range Subrange of the Front Ranges in Alberta, Canada
The Kananaskis Range is a mountain range west of the Kananaskis River in the Continental Ranges of the Canadian Rockies . Many of the peaks are named after ships and people involved in the Battle of Jutland .
Mount Bogart is named after D.B. Dowling. Bogart was his mother's maiden name and his middle name. D.B. Dowling surveyed the area in the early 1900s for the Geographical Society of Canada.[ 5] Tower was named after Francis George Towers an early homesteader of the region. Mt McDougal another early homesteader Archie McDougal of Carstairs. Mts. Evans Thomas named after Thomas Oldham Evans an early homesteader.
List of mountains
Peaks of this range include:
Name Elevation Prominence
Coordinates
m ft m ft
Mount Galatea
3,185 10,449 1,280 4,200
50°50′23″N 115°16′26″W / 50.83972°N 115.27389°W / 50.83972; -115.27389
Wind Mountain
3,153 10,344 745 2,444
50°57′15″N 115°14′46″W / 50.95417°N 115.24611°W / 50.95417; -115.24611
Mount Bogart
3,144 10,315 492 1,614
50°54′42″N 115°14′35″W / 50.91167°N 115.24306°W / 50.91167; -115.24306
The Tower
3,124 10,249 618 2,028
50°51′24.1″N 115°17′24.0″W / 50.856694°N 115.290000°W / 50.856694; -115.290000
Mount Sparrowhawk
3,121 10,240 256 840
50°56′26″N 115°15′57″W / 50.94056°N 115.26583°W / 50.94056; -115.26583
Mount Lougheed
3,107 10,194 242 794
50°57′56″N 115°15′45″W / 50.96556°N 115.26250°W / 50.96556; -115.26250
Mount Chester
3,054 10,020 341 1,119
50°48′24″N 115°15′47″W / 50.80667°N 115.26306°W / 50.80667; -115.26306
Mount James Walker
3,035 9,957 322 1,056
50°48′18″N 115°13′12″W / 50.80500°N 115.22000°W / 50.80500; -115.22000
The Fortress
3,000 9,800 287 942
50°49′40″N 115°14′36″W / 50.82778°N 115.24333°W / 50.82778; -115.24333
Gusty Peak
3,000 9,800 226 741
50°49′50″N 115°15′31″W / 50.83056°N 115.25861°W / 50.83056; -115.25861
Mount Inflexible
3,000 9,800 379 1,243
50°46′54″N 115°12′25″W / 50.78167°N 115.20694°W / 50.78167; -115.20694
Mount Engadine
2,970 9,740 320 1,050
50°51′54″N 115°18′40″W / 50.86500°N 115.31111°W / 50.86500; -115.31111
Mount Kidd
2,958 9,705 535 1,755
50°53′37″N 115°11′23″W / 50.89361°N 115.18972°W / 50.89361; -115.18972
Mount Buller
2,805 9,203 270 890
50°57′15″N 115°14′46″W / 50.95417°N 115.24611°W / 50.95417; -115.24611
Mount Lawson
2,795 9,170 113 371
50°53′25″N 115°18′50″W / 50.89028°N 115.31389°W / 50.89028; -115.31389
Mount Kent
2,637 8,652 46 151
Mount Lorette
2,487 8,159 49 161
50°59′11″N 115°8′1″W / 50.98639°N 115.13361°W / 50.98639; -115.13361
Pigeon Mountain
2,394 7,854 393 1,289
51°1′42″N 115°12′24″W / 51.02833°N 115.20667°W / 51.02833; -115.20667
Mary Barclay's Mountain
2,260 7,410 160 520
50°59′58″N 115°6′15″W / 50.99944°N 115.10417°W / 50.99944; -115.10417
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