Mount Parrish

Mount Parrish is a 2,530-metre (8,301-foot) mountain summit located in Alberta, Canada.

Mount Parrish
Mount Parrish (centre), from northeast (Andy Good Peak to left)
Highest point
Elevation	2,530 m (8,301 ft)[1][2]
Prominence	161 m (528 ft)[1]
Parent peak	Chinook Peak (2,591 m)[1]
Isolation	0.73 km (0.45 mi)[1]
Listing	Mountains of Alberta
Coordinates	49°34′30″N 114°35′17″W[3]
Naming
Etymology	Sherman Parrish
Geography
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Interactive map of Mount Parrish
Location	Castle Wildland Provincial Park Alberta, Canada
Parent range	Flathead Range[4] Canadian Rockies
Topo map	NTS 82G10 Crowsnest[3]
Geology
Mountain type	Fault block
Rock type	Limestone[5]
Climbing
Easiest route	class 4+ climbing[5]

Description

Mount Parrish is situated eight kilometers southwest of the town of Coleman in the Crowsnest Pass area and can be seen from Highway 3, the Crowsnest Highway.^[2] It is part of the Flathead Range which is a subset of the Canadian Rockies. The peak is set one kilometer east of the Continental Divide, in Castle Wildland Provincial Park. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into tributaries of the nearby Crowsnest River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1,190 m (3,900 ft) above the river in 5 km (3.1 mi). Chinook Peak is 2 km (1.2 mi) to the northwest of Mt. Parrish and the nearest higher neighbor is Andy Good Peak, 1 km (0.62 mi) to the south.^[1]

History

Mount Parrish is named after Sherman Parrish, an early settler in the Crowsnest Pass area in 1898.^[6] He homesteaded at the foot of this mountain and raised cattle. The mountain's toponym was officially adopted March 15, 1962, by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.^[3]

On January 19, 1946, a Royal Canadian Air Force DC-3 struck Mount Ptolemy and crashed into the North York Creek valley below Mount Parrish.^[2] All seven crewmembers perished in the accident. Some wreckage of the aircraft is still present.

Geology

Mount Parrish is composed of limestone which is a sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods. Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger Cretaceous period rock during the Laramide orogeny.^[7]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Parrish has an alpine subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.^[8] Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.

Gallery

• 
  Mt. McLaren, with Andy Good Peak (behind), and Mt. Parrish (centre)
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  Mount Parrish (left), Mount McLaren (centered), and Chinook Peak (right)
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  Flathead Range
  L→Rː Mt. Coulthard, Mt. McLaren, Andy Good Peak, Mt. Parrish, Chinook Peak
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  North aspect
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  DC-3 wreckage below Mt. Parrish
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  North aspect
• 
  Mount Parrish (right), (Andy Good Peak to left)

See also

• Geology of Alberta
• Geography of Alberta