geo.wikisort.org - MountainsThe Flathead Range is a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada. It is located on the Continental Divide, east of Fernie, in the Kootenay Land District.[2] It stretches 27 kilometers (17 miles) lengthwise north–south from Crowsnest Pass to North Kootenay Pass. The range's toponym was officially adopted by the Geographic Board of Canada 30 June 1912, and was named in association with the Flathead River.[1]
Mountain range in British Columbia and Alberta, Canada
Flathead Range |
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 Flathead Range in the Crowsnest Pass area. Left to rightː Mount Coulthard, Andy Good Peak, Mount Parrish, Chinook Peak. |
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Peak | Mount Ptolemy |
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Location of Flathead Range Show map of AlbertaFlathead Range (Canada) (Canada) Show map of Canada
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Country | Canada |
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Provinces | Alberta and British Columbia |
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Range coordinates | 49°26′59″N 114°35′59″W[1] |
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Parent range | Canadian Rockies |
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Borders on | Castle Wildland Provincial Park |
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Orogeny | Lewis Overthrust |
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The highest peak is Mount Ptolemy, with an elevation of 2,813 m (9,229 ft).[3]
Summits
Peak | Height |
Andy Good Peak | 2,662 m (8,734 ft) |
Centre Mountain | 2,601 m (8,533 ft) |
Chinook Peak | 2,591 m (8,501 ft) |
Mount Coulthard | 2,645 m (8,678 ft) |
Mount Darrah | 2,755 m (9,039 ft) |
Mount McGladrey | 2,638 m (8,655 ft) |
Mount McLaren | 2,301 m (7,549 ft) |
Mount Parrish | 2,530 m (8,301 ft) |
Mount Pengelly | 2,586 m (8,484 ft) |
Mount Ptolemy | 2,813 m (9,229 ft) |
Sentry Mountain | 2,435 m (7,989 ft) |
See also
References
External links
Mountains portal
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Ranges | |
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Mountains | |
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Passes |
- Abbot
- Athabasca
- Bush
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- Yellowhead
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Glaciers |
- Athabasca
- Bow
- Columbia Icefield
- Crowfoot
- Hector
- Peyto
- Saskatchewan
- Vulture
- Wapta
- Waputik Icefield
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Rivers | |
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Peoples |
- Mountain Stoney
- Mountain Metis
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Parks and protected areas | International |
- Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site
- Waterton Biosphere Reserve
- Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park
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National |
- Parks
- Banff
- Jasper
- Kootenay
- Yoho
- Waterton Lakes
- Historic Sites
- Jasper House
- Jasper Park Information Centre
- Yellowhead Pass
- Athabasca Pass
- Howse Pass
- Kootenae House
- Kicking Horse Pass
- Skoki Ski Lodge
- Twin Falls Tea House
- Abbot Pass Refuge Cabin
- Cave and Basin
- Banff Park Museum
- Sulphur Mountain Cosmic Ray Station
- First Oil Well in Western Canada
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Provincial (AB) |
- Parks
- Bow Valley
- Bragg Creek
- Elbow-Sheep
- Ghost River
- Kananaskis
- Peter Lougheed
- Sheep River
- Siffleur
- Spray Valley
- White Goat
- Willmore
- Historic Sites
- Frank Slide
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Provincial (BC) |
- Akamina-Kishinena
- Close To The Edge
- Dune Za Keyih (Frog-Gataga)
- Elk Lakes
- Graham-Laurier
- Hamber
- Height of the Rockies
- Hole-in-the-Wall
- Kakwa
- Kikomun Creek
- Kwadacha
- Mount Assiniboine
- Mount Fernie
- Mount Robson
- Muncho Lake
- Northern Rocky Mountains
- Pine Le Moray
- Stone Mountain
- Muskwa-Kechika
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Ski resorts |
- Castle Mountain
- Fernie
- Fortress Mountain
- Lake Louise
- Little Mac
- Marmot Basin
- Mount Norquay
- Nakiska
- Powder King
- Sunshine Village
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Communities | |
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Ecozone and ecoregions |
- CEC ecozones
- Boreal Cordillera
- Montane Cordillera
- WWF ecoregions
- Alberta Mountain forests
- Alberta–British Columbia foothills forests
- North Central Rockies forest
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- See also
- Geography portal
- Canada portal
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