Mount Barlow
| Mount Barlow | |
|---|---|
  Mount Barlow Location within Alberta  Mount Barlow Location within British Columbia  Mount Barlow Location within Canada | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 3,143 m (10,312 ft)[1][2][a] |
| Prominence | 203 m (666 ft)[1] |
| Listing | |
| Coordinates | 51°42′18″N 116°48′38″W / 51.70500°N 116.81056°W[5] |
| Geography | |
Country | Canada |
Provinces | Alberta and British Columbia |
Protected area | Banff National Park[6] |
| Parent range | Park Ranges |
| Topo map | NTS 82N10 Blaeberry River[5] |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1930 by O.E. Cromwell, J. Monroe. Thorington, P. Kaufmann[1][3][7] |
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 died in the 1914 Empress of Ireland disaster.[3][1][8]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Mount Barlow". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2010-02-10.
- ↑ "Mount Barlow". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2025-02-22.
- 1 2 3 "Mount Barlow". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
- ↑ "Topographic map of Mount Barlow". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
- 1 2 "Mount Barlow". BC Geographical Names. Government of British Columbia – B.C. Geographical Names Office (BCGNO). Retrieved 2013-06-15.
- ↑ NTS map sheet 82N10 Blaeberry River
- ↑ Thorington, J. Monroe (1931). "Climbs in the Freshfield and other Groups of the Canadian Rockies, 1930" (PDF). Alpine Journal. #43: 75–80. ISSN 0065-6569. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
- ↑ Boles, Glen W.; Laurilla, Roger W.; Putnam, William L. (2006). Canadian Mountain Place Names. Vancouver: Rocky Mountain Books. p. 37. ISBN 978-1-894765-79-4.
- Notes