Mount Barlow facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Mount Barlow |
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 Mount Barlow
Location in Alberta
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 3,143 m (10,312 ft) |
| Prominence | 203 m (666 ft) |
| Geography | |
| Location | Alberta / British Columbia, Canada |
| Parent range | Park Ranges |
| Topo map | NTS 82N/10 |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1930 by E. Cromwell, J. Monroe Thorington, Peter Kaufmann |
Mount Barlow is located on the Continental Divide along the border of Alberta and British Columbia at the southern edge of the Freshfield Icefield in Banff National Park. It was named in 1916 by D.B. Dowling after Dr. Alfred Ernest Barlow, a cartographer with the Geological Survey of Canada who perished in the 1914 Empress of Ireland disaster.
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