Mount Rutherford

{{Short description|Mountain in the country of Canada}}

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| name = Mount Rutherford

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| elevation_m = 2847

| elevation_ref = {{Cite peakfinder|id=1198|name=Mount Rutherford |access-date=2007-09-10}}

| prominence_m = 393

| prominence_ref = {{cite bivouac|id=10540|name=Mount Rutherford|accessdate=2009-01-02}}

| range = Canadian Rockies, Northern Front Ranges

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| listing = Mountains of Alberta

| location = Alberta, Canada

| map = Alberta

| map_caption = Location in Alberta

| coordinates = {{coord|53|10|20|N|118|24|51|W|type:mountain_region:CA|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref={{cite cgndb|id=IAGGB|name=Mount Rutherford|accessdate=2021-03-21}}

| topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|83|E|1}}

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Mount Rutherford is a mountain in Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada. It is part of the Northern Front Ranges of the Canadian Rockies. Its peak stands {{convert|3|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} east of Harvey Lake and north of the Snaring River, a tributary of the Athabasca River.

In 1954, the Geographic Board of Alberta named the {{convert|2847|m|ft|0|adj=on|abbr=on}} peak Mount Rutherford after Alberta's first premier, Alexander Cameron Rutherford.{{Cite news |date=December 10, 1954 |title=Mountains, Lake Named to Honor Alberta Pioneers |work=Edmonton Journal |pages=13}} It is about 34 kilometers northwest of the town of Jasper.{{Cite web|title=Jasper to Mount Rutherford|url=https://www.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=Jasper,+Division+No.+15,+Alberta,+Canada&daddr=Mount+Rutherford,+Alberta,+Canada&hl=en&geocode&mra=pe&mrcr=0&sll=49.39451,-97.912687&sspn=30.777693,64.775391&ie=UTF8&ll=52.802761,-117.388916&spn=3.560481,8.096924&z=7|access-date=2021-01-12|website=Jasper to Mount Rutherford|language=en}}