Kananaskis Range

{{short description|Subrange of the Front Ranges in Alberta, Canada}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name=Kananaskis Range

| photo=Fortress Gusty aerial1.jpg

| photo_caption=The Fortress (upper centre), Mount Chester (right) and Gusty Peak (left and ridge foreground)

| etymology=

| country=Canada

| region_type=Province

| region=Alberta

| parent=Continental Ranges

| border= | geology= | period= | orogeny=

| highest=Mount Galatea

| elevation_m=3185

| elevation_ref=

| coordinates = {{coord|50|50|23|N|115|16|26|W|type:mountain_region:CA_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline}}

| coordinates_ref={{cite cgndb|id=IAFWW|name=Mount Galatea|access-date=2019-08-25}}

| length_km=44 | length_ref=

| width_km =25 | width_ref =

| range_coordinates = {{coord|50|51|14|N|115|15|53|W|type:mountain_region:CA_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| range_coordinates_ref={{cite cgndb|id=IAPTY|name=Kananaskis Range|access-date=2019-08-25}}

| map=Canada Alberta

| map_caption=Location in Alberta

| topo_map = NTS 82J14

}}

The Kananaskis Range is a mountain range west of the Kananaskis River in the Continental Ranges of the Canadian Rockies. Many of the peaks are named after ships and people involved in the Battle of Jutland.

Mount Bogart is named after D.B. Dowling. Bogart was his mother's maiden name and his middle name. D.B. Dowling surveyed the area in the early 1900s for the Geographical Society of Canada.{{cite bivouac|id=1443|name= Mount Bogart |access-date=2024-10-19}} Tower was named after Francis George Towers an early homesteader of the region. Mt McDougal another early homesteader Archie McDougal of Carstairs. Mts. Evans Thomas named after Thomas Oldham Evans an early homesteader.

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 Galatea

|{{elevation_cells|3185|m}}

{{elevation_cells|1280|m}}

|{{Titled coords|Mount Galatea}}

Wind Mountain

|{{elevation_cells|3153|m}}

{{elevation_cells|745|m}}

|{{Titled coords|Wind Mountain}}

Mount Bogart

|{{elevation_cells|3144|m}}

{{elevation_cells|492|m}}

|{{Titled coords|Mount Bogart}}

The Tower

|{{elevation_cells|3124|m}}

{{elevation_cells|618|m}}

|{{Titled coords|The Tower (Alberta)|The Tower}}

Mount Sparrowhawk

|{{elevation_cells|3121|m}}

{{elevation_cells|256|m}}

|{{Titled coords|Mount Sparrowhawk}}

Mount Lougheed

|{{elevation_cells|3107|m}}

{{elevation_cells|242|m}}

|{{Titled coords|Mount Lougheed}}

Mount Chester

|{{elevation_cells|3054|m}}

{{elevation_cells|341|m}}

|{{Titled coords|Mount Chester}}

Mount James Walker

|{{elevation_cells|3035|m}}

{{elevation_cells|322|m}}

|{{Titled coords|Mount James Walker}}

The Fortress

|{{elevation_cells|3000|m}}

{{elevation_cells|287|m}}

|{{Titled coords|The Fortress (Alberta)|The Fortress}}

Gusty Peak

|{{elevation_cells|3000|m}}

{{elevation_cells|226|m}}

|{{Titled coords|Gusty Peak}}

Mount Inflexible

|{{elevation_cells|3000|m}}

{{elevation_cells|379|m}}

|{{Titled coords|Mount Inflexible}}

Mount Engadine

|{{elevation_cells|2970|m}}

{{elevation_cells|320|m}}

|{{Titled coords|Mount Engadine}}

Mount Kidd

|{{elevation_cells|2958|m}}

{{elevation_cells|535|m}}

|{{Titled coords|Mount Kidd}}

Mount Buller

|{{elevation_cells|2805|m}}

{{elevation_cells|270|m}}

|{{Titled coords|Wind Mountain}}

Mount Lawson

|{{elevation_cells|2795|m}}

{{elevation_cells|113|m}}

|{{Titled coords|Mount Buller (Alberta)|Mount Buller}}

Mount Kent

|{{elevation_cells|2637|m}}

{{elevation_cells|46|m}}

|

Mount Lorette

|{{elevation_cells|2487|m}}

{{elevation_cells|49|m}}

|{{Titled coords|Mount Lorette (Alberta)|Mount Lorette}}

Pigeon Mountain

|{{elevation_cells|2394|m}}

{{elevation_cells|393|m}}

|{{Titled coords|Pigeon Mountain (Alberta)|Pigeon Mountain}}

Mary Barclay's Mountain

|{{elevation_cells|2260|m}}

{{elevation_cells|160|m}}

|{{Titled coords|Mary Barclay's Mountain}}

{{GeoGroup|section=List of mountains}}

References

{{reflist|refs=

{{cite map|publisher=Gem Trek Publishing|title=Canmore and Kananaskis Village | section=D3

| date=1998|scale=1:50,000|isbn=1-895526-22-1|url=https://www.gemtrek.com/maps/canmore-kananaskis-map/|access-date=2019-08-25}}

{{cite peakbagger |rid=141340 |name=Kananaskis range|access-date=2019-08-25}}

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