Mount John Laurie

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Mount John Laurie

Yamnuska
Elevation 2,240 metres (7,349 feet)
Location Alberta, Canada
Range Canadian Rockies
Coordinates 51°07′25″N, 115°07′00″W
Topo map NTS 82O/03
Type Limestone & shale
Age of rock Paleozoic
First ascent Unknown
Easiest route scramble

Mount John Laurie is a mountain in the Canadian Rockies, located in the province of Alberta, Canada.

While it is officially named, Mount John Laurie, also known as Mount Laurie, but is best known now by the native name Mount Yamnuska, or simply Yamnuska. Yamnuski translates to ""wall of stone."

John Laurie was founder of the Indian Association of Alberta.

First mountain on the north side of the Bow River valley, (Bow Valley), as it exits the mountains for the foothills and prairie of Alberta. Located close to Calgary, it is a popular "great scramble".


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