Mount Belanger is a 3,109-metre (10,200 ft) mountain, making it Alberta's 130th highest peak. It was named in 1921 by D.B. Dowling, in memory of Andre Belanger, a local mountain guide who drowned in the Athabasca River in 1814.[6] It lies within peaks that are between the Athabasca River and Whirlpool Rivers in Jasper National Park.[1][2]
Mount Belanger | |
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![]() The west face of Mount Belanger, August 2011 | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 3,120 m (10,240 ft)[1][2] |
Prominence | 589 m (1,932 ft)[2][3] |
Parent peak | Mount Fryatt 3361 m[2] |
Listing | Mountains of Alberta |
Coordinates | 52°30′41″N 117°55′22″W[4] |
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![]() ![]() Mount Belanger Alberta, Canada | |
Parent range | Canadian Rockies |
Topo map | NTS 83C12 Athabasca Falls[4] |
Climbing | |
First ascent | July 14, 1930 by W.R. Hainsworth, J.F. Lehmann, M.M. Strumia[5] |
Easiest route | North face II |
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