Mount Barlow

Mount Barlow
Mount Barlow
Location in Alberta
Mount Barlow
Location in British Columbia
Mount Barlow
Location in Canada
Highest point
Elevation3,143 m (10,312 ft)[1][2][a]
Prominence203 m (666 ft)[1]
Listing
Coordinates51°42′18″N 116°48′38″W / 51.70500°N 116.81056°W / 51.70500; -116.81056[5]
Geography
CountryCanada
ProvincesAlberta and British Columbia
Protected areaBanff National Park[6]
Parent rangePark Ranges
Topo mapNTS 82N10 Blaeberry River[5]
Climbing
First ascent1930 by E. Cromwell, J. Monroe Thorington, Peter Kaufmann[1][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.[3][1][7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Mount Barlow". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2010-02-10.
  2. ^ "Mount Barlow". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2025-02-22.
  3. ^ a b c "Mount Barlow". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
  4. ^ "Topographic map of Mount Barlow". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
  5. ^ a b "Mount Barlow". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2013-06-15.
  6. ^ NTS map sheet 82N10 Blaeberry River
  7. ^ 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.
Notes
  1. ^ Other sources state 3120 m.[3][4]