Mount Harkin
Mount Harkin is a 2,979-metre (9,774-foot) mountain summit located in the Kootenay River Valley along the eastern border of Kootenay National Park. Park visitors can see the peak from Highway 93, also known as the Banff-Windermere Highway. It is part of the Mitchell Range, which is a sub-range of the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, Canada. Its nearest higher peak is Mount Assiniboine, 14.0 km (8.7 mi) to the northeast.[1]
Mount Harkin | |
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Mount Harkin seen from Kootenay Valley Overlook along Highway 93 | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,979 m (9,774 ft) [1] |
Prominence | 774 m (2,539 ft) [1] |
Parent peak | Mount Assiniboine (3618 m)[1] |
Coordinates | 50°47′49″N 115°51′52″W [2] |
Geography | |
Mount Harkin Location of Mount Harkin in British Columbia Mount Harkin Mount Harkin (Canada) | |
Location | Kootenay National Park British Columbia, Canada |
Parent range | Mitchell Range Canadian Rockies |
Topo map | NTS 82J13 |
Geology | |
Age of rock | Cambrian[3] |
Type of rock | Ottertail Limestone[3] |
History
The mountain was named in 1923 by Morrison P. Bridgland in honor of James Bernard Harkin (1875-1955), who was Canada's first National Parks commissioner from 1911 until 1936.[4] Harkin established 11 new national parks and has been called the "Father of the National Parks of Canada."[5] The mountain's name was officially adopted in 1924 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.[2] Bridgland (1878-1948) was a Dominion Land Surveyor who named many peaks in the Canadian Rockies.[6]
Geology
Mount Harkin is composed principally of Ottertail limestone, a sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Cambrian periods and pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.[7]
Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Harkin is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[8] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains east into tributaries of the Cross River, or directly west to the Kootenay River.
References
- "Mount Harkin". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-03-18.
- "Mount Harkin". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-03-18.
- Parks Canada
- Mount Harkin PeakFinder
- BC Geographical Names
- Mapper of Mountains M.P. Bridgland in the Canadian Rockies 1902-1930, Author I.S. MacLaren, The University of Alberta Press, ISBN 0-88864-456-6
- Gadd, Ben (2008). "Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias". Cite journal requires
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(help) - Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L. & McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11: 1633–1644. ISSN 1027-5606.