Mount Northover

{{Short description|Mountain in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Northover

| photo = Mt Northover.jpg

| photo_caption =

| elevation_m = 3048

| elevation_ref = {{cite peakfinder|id=978|name=Mount Northover|access-date=2022-08-06}}{{cite opentopomap|Mount Northover|50.5888889|-115.2402778|2022-08-06}}

| prominence_m = 347

| prominence_ref =

| range = Park Ranges

| parent_peak = Mount Lyautey (3045 m)

| listing = {{unbulleted list

| Mountains of Alberta

| Mountains of British Columbia}}

| country = Canada | region_type = Provinces | region = {{enum|Alberta|British Columbia}}

| map = Alberta#British Columbia#Canada

| map_caption = Location in Alberta##Location in British Columbia##Location in Canada

| map_size = 200

| label_position = right#left

| coordinates = {{coord|50|35|20|N|115|14|25|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref = {{cite cgndb|id=IAOJZ|name=Mount Northover (Alberta)|access-date=2022-08-06}}

| topo_map = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|J|11}}

| first_ascent = 1957 by S.A. Heiberg, P.J.B. Duffy, R.C. Hind, P. Ranier, I. Spreat

| easiest_route = Difficult Scramble with severe exposure

}}

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Mount Northover is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide. The nearest higher peak is Mount Lyautey, {{convert|2.0|km|mi|abbr=on}} to the north-northeast.{{cite bivouac|id=802|name= Mount Northover |access-date=2018-11-28}} It was named in 1917 after Lieutenant A.W. Northover, M.C., one of western Canada's first war heroes. Northover had recently migrated there from the United Kingdom and started a new family there.

A Boer War veteran, Northover enlisted at Regina in the North-West Battalion. He served with the 28th Battalion, C.E.F.,{{cite bcgnis|id=39570|title=Mount Northover|access-date=2022-08-06}} and was awarded the Military Cross for action taken on Oct. 8, 1915. In 1916 he returned to Canada on a speaking tour, visiting relatives in Edmonton.[http://www.bivouac.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=802 Mount Northover]; Edmonton Bulletin, June 16, 1916