Mount Freshfield

Mount Freshfield
Mount Freshfield
Location in Alberta
Mount Freshfield
Location in British Columbia
Mount Freshfield
Location in Canada
Highest point
Elevation3,337 m (10,948 ft)[1][2][a]
Prominence477 m (1,565 ft)[1][2]
Parent peakMount Barnard (3340 m)[1][2]
Listing
Coordinates51°44′34″N 116°56′45″W / 51.74278°N 116.94583°W / 51.74278; -116.94583[5]
Geography
CountryCanada
ProvincesAlberta and British Columbia
Protected areaBanff National Park
Parent rangePark Ranges[1]
Topo mapNTS 82N10 Blaeberry River[5]
Climbing
First ascent1902 J. Norman Collie; James Outram; H.E.M. Stutfield; G.M. Weed; H. Woolley; C. Kaufmann; Hans Kaufmann[3][1][6]

Mount Freshfield straddles the Continental Divide marking the Alberta-British Columbia border in Canada. It was named in 1897 by J. Norman Collie after Douglas Freshfield.[3][1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Mount Freshfield". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
  2. ^ a b c "Mount Freshfield". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2025-02-06.
  3. ^ a b c "Mount Freshfield". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
  4. ^ "Topographic map of Mount Freshfield". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
  5. ^ a b "Mount Freshfield [Alberta]". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2021-12-31.
  6. ^ Thorington, J. Monroe (2012) [1925]. "Chapter 3: The Freshfield Group". The Glittering Mountains of Canada: A Record of Exploration and Pioneer Ascents in the Canadian Rockies, 1914-1924. Foreword by Robert William Sandford (Kindle ed.). Calgary: Rocky Mountain Books. ISBN 9781927330067.
Notes
  1. ^ Other sources give 3336 m[3][4]