Mount Michener
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| Mount Michener | |
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 North face from Abraham Lake |
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| Elevation | 2,545 metres (8,350 feet) |
| Location | Alberta, Canada |
| Range | Ram Range |
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| Topo map | NTS 83C/01 |
Mount Michener, with a 2,545 metre peak, is a mountain on the eastern border of the Canadian Rockies forming the northerly part of the Ram Range. It sits on the shore of Abraham Lake and its north, west and south face are all visible from the David Thompson Highway. The mountain was named in 1982 after Daniel Roland Michener who was the Governor General of Canada from 1967 - 1974. Its previous names were Eye Opener Mountain and Pheobe's Teat, reportedly after a woman from Rocky Mountain House who would periodically visit the Nordegg miners in the 1930s. [1]
[edit] Geography
The formation of the Rocky Mountains began in the Late Cretaceous Period and finished in the Early Tertiary Period. The pressure on the fault line caused thousands a metres of rock to thrust upward. The contorted beds near the summit of Mount Michener are visible evidence of the tremendous force that caused it's formation. A system of limestone caves does exist within the mountain, but they remain undocumented.
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Ross, Jane, Daniel Kyba (1995). The David Thompson Highway: A Hiking Guide. Rocky Mountain Books. ISBN 0-921102-38-0.
