Mount Campion

{{Short description|Mountain in Alberta, Canada}}

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| parent_peak = Mount Hunter (2607 m)

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Mount Campion is a mountain in Alberta, Canada. It is located in Jasper National Park. The peak of Mount Campion is {{convert|2484|m|ft|0}} above sea level.

The terrain around Mount Campion is mainly hilly. The highest point in the vicinity is 2,575 metres above sea level, 3.1 km south of Mount Campion. The region around Mount Campion is almost uninhabited, with less than two inhabitants per square kilometre. There are no communities in the immediate vicinity.

In the area around Mount Campion grows in mainly pine forests. The neighborhood is included in geography. The average annual temperature in the area is-4 °C. The warmest month is July, when the average temperature is 9 °C, and the coldest is February, with-13 °C.[{{Geonameslänk|gnid=6080163|name=mount%20campion}} Mount Campion] hos [{{Geonamesabout}} GeoNames.Org (cc-by)]; post uppdaterad 2006-01-18; databasdump nerladdad 2015-12-29

Named after Cpl./Sgt. George Alexander Campion who was killed after the battle of the Hitler Line In Italy during the Second World War, May 23, 1944. Born in Tofield, Alberta January 23, 1911 son of Adolphe Campion (grandson of Cuthbert Grant) and Esther Dumont ( great niece to Gabriel Dumont).{{cite web|url=http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2608454|title=George Alexander Campion|publisher=Veteran Affairs Canada|work=The Canadian Virtual War Memorial|access-date=30 January 2021}}

{{cite web |url= http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/view.php?datasetId=SEDAC_POP|title= NASA Earth Observations: Population Density|access-date=30 January 2016 |publisher= NASA/SEDAC}}

{{cite journal |title= Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification| url = http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/11/1633/2007/hess-11-1633-2007.html|year= 2007|journal= Hydrology and Earth System Sciences|volume= 11|pages= 1633–1644| access-date = 2016-01-30| doi = 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007|first1=M C|first2= B L|first3= T A|last1= Peel|last2= Finlayson|last3=McMahon|issue= 5|doi-access= free}}

{{cite web |url= http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/dataset_index.php|title= NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index|access-date=30 January 2016 |publisher= NASA}}

{{cite web |url= http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/view.php?datasetId=MCD12C1_T1|title= NASA Earth Observations: Land Cover Classification|access-date=30 January 2016 |publisher= NASA/MODIS}}

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Category:Two-thousanders of Alberta

Category:Mountains of Jasper National Park

Category:Alberta's Rockies

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