Mount Allen (Canada)

Mount Allen
Highest point
Elevation 3,310 m (10,860 ft) [1]
Prominence 260 m (850 ft) [2]
Coordinates 51°17′30″N 116°13′14″W / 51.29167°N 116.22056°W / 51.29167; -116.22056Coordinates: 51°17′30″N 116°13′14″W / 51.29167°N 116.22056°W / 51.29167; -116.22056 [2]
Geography
Mount Allen
Location in Alberta
Location Banff National Park, Alberta / Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada
Parent range Canadian Rockies
Topo map NTS 82N/08
Climbing
First ascent 1904 Gertrude Benham, Christian Kaufmann[1][2]
Easiest route Peak 6[1]

Mount Allen is a mountain in the Canadian Rockies, located on the Continental Divide, which forms the provincial boundary between British Columbia and Alberta in this region. Named for Samuel Evans Stokes Allen.[2] Allen was an American cartographer who mapped this area of the Rockies in 1894-95.[3][4]

Further reading

• Emerson Sanford, Janice Sanford Beck, Historic Hikes Around Mount Assiniboine & in Kananaskis Country, P 125
• Dave Birrell, 50 Roadside Panoramas in the Canadian Rockies, P 87

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Mount Allen". PeakFinder.com. Retrieved 2010-02-06.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Mount Allen". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2010-02-06.
  3. ↑ Boles, Glen W.; Laurilla, Roger W.; Putnam, William L. (2006). Canadian Mountain Place Names. Vancouver: Rocky Mountain Books. ISBN 978-1-894765-79-4.
  4. ↑ "Samuel Evans Stokes Allen, 1874-1945". American Alpine Club. Retrieved 2014-05-08.


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