Mount James Walker
{{Short description|Mountain in the country of Canada}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount James Walker
| photo = Mount James Walker.jpg
| photo_caption = Mount James Walker seen from the north
| elevation_m = 3035
| elevation_ref = {{cite bivouac|id=5637|name= Mount James Walker |access-date=2018-12-04}}
| prominence_m = 322
| range = Kananaskis Range
Canadian Rockies
| parent_peak = Mount Galatea (3185 m)
| listing = Mountains of Alberta
| country = Canada | region_type = Province | region = Alberta
| part_type = Protected area | part = Spray Valley Provincial Park
| map = Alberta#Canada
| map_size = 200
| map_caption = Location in Alberta##Location in Canada
| label_position = right
| coordinates = {{coord|50|48|17|N|115|13|13|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref = {{cite cgndb|id= IAMBV |name= Mount James Walker |access-date=2018-12-04}}
| topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|J|14}}
| rock = sedimentary rock
| age = Cambrian
| first_ascent =
| easiest_route =
}}
Mount James Walker is a {{Convert|3035|m|ft|abbr=off|adj=on}} mountain summit located in Kananaskis Country in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Mount James Walker is situated within Spray Valley Provincial Park, and its nearest higher peak is Mount Galatea, {{convert|5.0|km|mi|abbr=on}} to the northwest.
History
The mountain was named in 1959 after Colonel James Walker (1846-1936), who was a Mountie, soldier, businessman, and postmaster of the Kananaskis Post Office. He was named Calgary's "Citizen of the Century" during the city's centennial year in 1975.{{cite peakfinder|id=690|name=Mount James Walker|access-date=2021-09-06}}
The mountain's name became official in 1977 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.
Geology
Mount James Walker is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods. Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.{{citation|title=Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias |author=Gadd, Ben |year=2008}} The Lewis Overthrust extends over 450 km from Mount James Walker south to Steamboat Mountain, located west of Great Falls, Montana.{{Cite journal|last=Feinstein|first=Shimon|last2=Kohn|first2=Barry|last3=Osadetz|first3=Kirk|last4=Price|first4=Raymond A.|date=2007-01-01|title=Thermochronometric reconstruction of the prethrust paleogeothermal gradient and initial thickness of the Lewis thrust sheet, southeastern Canadian Cordillera foreland belt|journal=Geological Society of America Special Papers|language=en|volume=433|pages=167–182|doi=10.1130/2007.2433(08)|issn=0072-1077|isbn=978-0-8137-2433-1}} Nearby Mount Kidd marks the northern end of the Lewis Thrust Fault.
Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount James Walker is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.{{cite journal | author = Peel, M. C. |author2=Finlayson, B. L. |author3=McMahon, T. A. | year = 2007 | title = Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification | journal = Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. | volume = 11 | pages = 1633–1644 | issn = 1027-5606}} Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into the Kananaskis River which is a tributary of the Bow River, and thence the Saskatchewan River.
See also
References
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External links
- Mount James Walker weather site: [https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Mount-James-Walker/forecasts/3035 Mountain Forecast]
- Biography: [http://people.ucalgary.ca/~dsucha/mountie/Walker.html James Walker]
{{Geographic Location 2
| Center = Mount James Walker
| North = Mount Kidd
| Northeast = The Wedge
| East = Kananaskis River
| ESE = Opal Range
| Southeast = Mount Evan-Thomas
| South = Mount Inflexible
| Southwest = Mount French
| WSW = Mount Birdwood
| West = Mount Chester
| WNW = The Fortress
| Northwest = Mount Galatea
}}
{{Canadian Rockies|state=collapsed}}
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