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]

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[3]
Geography
Location	Alberta / British Columbia, Canada
Parent range	Park Ranges
Topo map	NTS 82N10 Blaeberry River
Climbing
First ascent	1930 by E. Cromwell, J. Monroe Thorington, Peter Kaufmann[2]

See also

• List of peaks on the Alberta–British Columbia border
• Mountains of Alberta
• Mountains of British Columbia

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