Emigrants Mountain
Emigrants Mountain is located in Alberta
Emigrants Mountain
Emigrants Mountain
Location in Alberta
Highest point
Elevation2,553 m (8,376 ft)[1][2][3]
Prominence173 m (568 ft)[2]
Parent peakMount McKean (2743 m)[2]
ListingMountains of Alberta
Coordinates52°56′35″N 118°18′50″W / 52.943°N 118.314°W / 52.943; -118.314[4]
Geography
CountryCanada
ProvinceAlberta
Protected areaJasper National Park
Parent rangeVictoria Cross Ranges
Topo mapNTS 83D16 Jasper[4]

Emigrants Mountain is a summit in Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada. accessible by walking track and with views over the Miette Valley, Mount Fitzwilliam and other peaks in the Great Divide.[5] Emigrants Mountain was so named on account of gold prospectors in the area during the Cariboo Gold Rush.[6]

References

  1. "Emigrants Mountain". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  2. 1 2 3 "Emigrants Mountain". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  3. "Topographic map of Emigrants Mountain". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  4. 1 2 "Emigrants Mountain". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  5. Patten, Brian; Robinson, Bart (2007). Canadian Rockies Trail Guide (8th ed.). Banff: Summerthought. p. 184.
  6. Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 48.
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