Nikanassin Range

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

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Nikanassin Range

| photo = CardinalRiverAlberta.JPG

| photo_caption = Cardinal River flowing east through the Nikanassin Range

| country = Canada

| region_type = Province

| region = Alberta

| parent = Canadian Rockies

| border =

| highest = Blackface Mountain

| elevation_m = 2867

| elevation_ref=

| listing = Mountains of Alberta

| coordinates = {{coord|52|53|58|N|117|24|36|W|type:mountain_region:CA-AB|format=dms|display=inline}}

| coordinates_ref ={{cite cgndb|id=IAGFM|name=Blackface Mountain|access-date=2023-07-18}}

| range_coordinates = {{coord|53|04|N|117|34|W|type:mountain_region:CA-AB|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| range_coordinates_ref={{cite cgndb|id=IANPX|name=Nikanassin Range|access-date=2023-07-18}}

| geology =

| period =

| orogeny =

| area_km2 = 2760

| area_ref =

| length_km = 80

| length_orientation = W-E

| length_ref =

| width_km = 66

| width_orientation = N-S

| width_ref =

| map = Alberta

| map_caption = Location in Alberta

| topo_maker = NTS | topo_map = {{Canada_NTS_Map_Sheet|83|F|04}}

}}

The Nikanassin Range is a group of mountain ranges in the Canadian Rockies on the eastern edge of Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada. It is developed south-east of the Fiddle Range, and one of the front ranges. Nikanassin means "first range" in Cree.

The range has an extent of {{convert|2760|km2|sqmi}},{{Cite peakbagger|rid=14123|title=Nikanassin Range|access-date=2009-02-05}} with a length of {{convert|80|km|mi}} from north-west to south-east, and a width of {{convert|66|km|mi}}. Its highest point is Blackface Mountain, with a height of {{convert|2867|m|ft}}.

Numerous seams of coal are found in this range, with past and present mines at Cadomin, Mountain Park and Luscar.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bivouac.com/ArxPg.asp?ArxId=1032|title=Nikanassin Range|website=bivouac.com|access-date=2009-02-05}}

The range gives the name to the Nikanassin Formation, a stratigraphical unit of late Jurassic age that has its stratotype in this region.