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Mount Saskatchewan (Alberta)
Mountain in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mount Saskatchewan is a mountain located in the North Saskatchewan River valley of Banff National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada.
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Mount Saskatchewan | |
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![]() Mt. Saskatchewan | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 3,342 m (10,965 ft)[1][2] |
Prominence | 1,102 m (3,615 ft)[3] |
Parent peak | Mount Andromeda (3450 m)[3] |
Listing | Mountains of Alberta |
Coordinates | 52°05′59″N 117°05′36″W[4] |
Geography | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Alberta |
Protected area | Banff National Park |
Parent range | Columbia Icefield |
Topo map | NTS 83C3 Columbia Icefield[4] |
Climbing | |
First ascent | July 12, 1923, by Conrad Kain, W.S. Ladd, J. Monroe Thorington[5][6] |
Easiest route | technical climb |
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J. Norman Collie named the mountain in 1898 for the nearby Saskatchewan River.[3] One report said Collie so named it due to its possession of the headwaters of the North Saskatchewan River.[7]