Mount Mitchell (Alberta)
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Mount Mitchell | |
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Elevation | 3,040 metres (9,974 feet) |
Location | Alberta, Canada |
Range | Sir Winston Churchill Range |
Coordinates | |
Topo map | NTS 83C/05 |
- For other mountains named Mitchell, see Mount Mitchell (disambiguation).
Mount Mitchell is located within the Sunwapta River valley of Jasper National Park, Canada, three km southeast of Mount Morden Long.
Mt. Mitchell was named in 1970 for J.H. Mitchell and Mitchell Lobb, who were engineers for the Department of the Interior. Mitchell oversaw the construction of the Icefields Parkway from Jasper to the Banff-Jasper boundary.
[edit] External links
- Mt. Mitchell on Peakfinder - photos