Mount Brazeau

The mountain is located in the upper Coronet Creek Valley of Jasper National Park, and stands west of the Coronet Glacier and south of Maligne Lake. The mountain was named in 1902 by Arthur P. Coleman after Joseph Edward Brazeau, who had provided his translation skills to the Palliser expedition.[1][4]

Mount Brazeau
Mount Brazeau
Location in Alberta
Highest point
Elevation3,470 m (11,380 ft) [1]
Prominence1,443 m (4,734 ft) [2]
Parent peakMount Athabasca[2]
Listing
  • Canada highest major peaks 38th
Coordinates52°33′04″N 117°21′17″W [3]
Geography
LocationAlberta, Canada
Parent rangeBrazeau Range
Topo mapNTS 83C/11
Climbing
First ascent1923 by A. Carpe, W.D. Harris, Howard Palmer[1][2]
Easiest routerock/snow climb

Mount Brazeau is a mountain in Alberta, Canada.

See also

References
  1. "Mount Brazeau". PeakFinder.com. Retrieved 2004-06-19.
  2. "Mount Brazeau". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2008-12-14.
  3. "Mount Brazeau". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-06-08.
  4. Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 24.


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