Mount Barlow

Mount Barlow
Mount Barlow
Location on Alberta and British Columbia border
Highest point
Elevation 3,143 m (10,312 ft) [1]
Prominence 203 m (666 ft) [2]
Coordinates 51°42′19″N 116°48′39″W / 51.70528°N 116.81083°W / 51.70528; -116.81083Coordinates: 51°42′19″N 116°48′39″W / 51.70528°N 116.81083°W / 51.70528; -116.81083 [3]
Geography
Location Alberta / British Columbia, Canada
Parent range Park Ranges
Topo map NTS 82N/10
Climbing
First ascent 1930 by E. Cromwell, J. Monroe Thorington, Peter Kaufmann[2]

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 perished in the 1914 Empress of Ireland disaster.[1][2][4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Mount Barlow". PeakFinder.com. Retrieved 2010-02-10.
  2. 1 2 3 "Mount Barlow". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2010-02-10.
  3. ↑ "Mount Barlow". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2013-06-15.
  4. ↑ 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.


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