Fairholme Range
{{short description|Mountain range in Alberta, Canada}}
{{infobox mountain
| name=Fairholme Range
| photo=Mts Inglismaldie, Girouard, Peechee from Vermillion Lakes.jpg
| photo_caption=The Fairholme Range's top three: Mts Inglismaldie, Girouard and Peechee, from the Vermillion Lakes
| etymology=
| country=Canada
| region_type=Province
| region=Alberta
| parent=Front Ranges | border=
| geology= | period= | orogeny=
| highest=Mount Girouard
| elevation_m=2995
| elevation_ref = {{cite crdb|id=553|name=Mount Girouard|access-date=2019-08-02}}
| elevation_system =
| coordinates = {{coord|51|14|10|N|115|24|11|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline}}
| coordinates_ref = {{cite cgndb|id=IAGMV|name=Mount Girouard|access-date=2019-08-02}}
| map=Canada Alberta
| map_caption=Location in Alberta
| range_coordinates = {{coord|51|08|59|N|115|19|36|W|type:mountain_scale:300000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| range_coordinates_ref = {{cite cgndb|id=IADDH|name=Fairholme Range|access-date=2019-08-02}}
| topo_maker = NTS | topo_map = {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|O|3}}
}}
The Fairholme Range is a mountain range east of the Bow River valley in the Canadian Rockies. The range is bounded on the west side by the Trans-Canada Highway as it passes through the towns of Exshaw and Canmore, while the northern section of the range extends into Banff National Park to the southern shores of Lake Minnewanka. John Palliser named the range in 1859 after his sister Grace Fairholme, who had married William Fairholme.{{cite crdb|id=16|subject=ranges|name=Fairholme Range|access-date=2004-06-15}}
In the spring and summer of 2003, Parks Canada performed a prescribed burn in selected areas of the range in order to reduce fire hazard, manage the pine beetle population and increase sheep habitat. In total, 5300 hectares of land were affected.
List of mountains
Peaks of this range include:
| class="wikitable" style="margin-left:3em"
!rowspan=2|Name !!colspan=2|Elevation | colspan=2| Prominence
!rowspan=2|Coordinates |
| m || ft || m || ft | |
|---|---|
| Mount Girouard
|{{elevation_cells|2995|m}} | {{elevation_cells|1455|m}}
|{{Titled coords|Mount Girouard}} |
| Mount Inglismaldie
|{{elevation_cells|2964|m}} | {{elevation_cells|160|m}}
|{{Titled coords|Mount Inglismaldie}} |
| Mount Peechee
|{{elevation_cells|2935|m}} | {{elevation_cells|160|m}}
|{{Titled coords|Mount Peechee}} |
| Mount Charles Stewart
|{{elevation_cells|2809|m}} | {{elevation_cells|363|m}}
|{{Titled coords|Mount Charles Stewart}} |
| Grotto Mountain
|{{elevation_cells|2706|m}} | {{elevation_cells|238|m}}
|{{Titled coords|Grotto Mountain}} |
| Mount Fable
|{{elevation_cells|2702|m}} | {{elevation_cells|203|m}}
|{{Titled coords|Mount Fable}} |
| Mount Lady Macdonald
|{{elevation_cells|2606|m}} | {{elevation_cells|75|m}}
|{{Titled coords|Mount Lady Macdonald}} |
| Princess Margaret Mountain
|{{elevation_cells|2515|m}} | {{elevation_cells|38|m}}
|{{Titled coords|Princess Margaret Mountain}} |
| Anûkathâ Îpa
|{{elevation_cells|2514|m}} | {{elevation_cells|34|m}}
|{{Titled coords|Anûkathâ Îpa}} |
| Association Peak
|{{elevation_cells|2362|m}} | {{elevation_cells|102|m}}
|{{Titled coords|Association Peak}} |
{{GeoGroup|section=List of mountains}}
Anûkathâ Îpa is the official name as of 2020 of a mountain that previously held a racist and offensive name.{{Cite web|title=Beyond Local: Stoney Nakoda restores traditional name to peak with racist nickname|url=https://www.stalberttoday.ca/beyond-local/stoney-nakoda-restores-traditional-name-to-peak-with-racist-nickname-2753724|date=September 29, 2020|access-date=2022-01-31|website=StAlbertToday.ca|language=en}}
Further reading
- {{cite book |first1=Brian|last1=Patton|first2=Bart|last2=Robinson|title=Canadian Rockies Trail Guide
|date=31 March 2011|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NaqVmc93yDoC&dq=%22Fairholme+Range%22&pg=PA18|pages=16,32|isbn=9780978237509}}
- {{cite book |first=Brian|last=Patton|title=Parkways of the Canadian Rockies: A Touring Guide to Banff, Jasper, Kootenay
|date=July 2007| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s8mxU7zdXGkC&dq=%22Fairholme+Range%22&pg=PA41|pages=13 – 14, 41|isbn=9780978237523}}
References
{{reflist|refs=
{{cite web|url=http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/ab/banff/plan/plan8d3_E.asp|title=2003 Prescribed burn in the Fairholme Range|publisher=Parks Canada|access-date=2005-10-16
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706182034/http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/pn-np/ab/banff/plan/plan8d3.aspx|archive-date=2011-07-06}}
{{cite journal | journal = U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1386: Satellite Image Atlas of the Glaciers of the World -- North America
| title = Glaciers of the Canadian Rockies | year = 2002 | author = Ommanney, Simon
| editor1-last = Williams | editor1-first = Richard Jr. | editor2-last = Ferrigno | editor2-first = Jane
| publisher = USGS | location = Washington, D.C. | page = 224
| url = https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1386j/canadianrockies/canrock-lores.pdf | access-date = 2019-08-02}}
}}
External links
{{commons category-inline|Fairholme Range}}
{{Canadian Rockies|state=collapsed}}