Jasper Peak

Jasper Peak
Saint Louis County, Minnesota
Elevation 1,706 ft (520 m) NGVD 29[1]
Location
Coordinates [2]
Topo map USGS Soudan

Jasper Peak is a peak in the Sawtooth Mountains of northeastern Minnesota. It derives its current name from the red jasper of which is the major constituent of the mountain's bedrock.[3] A Minnesota Division of Forestry lookout tower built in 1934 is situated on the summit.[4][5]

The mountain was once named Chester Peak in honor of Albert Huntington Chester, a graduate of the Columbia School of Mines and a professor of chemistry, mineralogy, and metallurgy at Hamilton College 1870-1891, and later at Rutgers College. His survey of the Mesabi and Vermilion Iron Ranges was published in the Eleventh Annual Report of the Minnesota Geological Survey in 1882.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Jasper Peak, Minnesota". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=33137. Retrieved 2011-05-15. 
  2. ^ "Jasper Peak". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:661574. Retrieved 2011-05-15. 
  3. ^ Works Progress Administration. The WPA guide to Minnesota. Minnesota Historical Society. http://books.google.com/books?id=XyqdIo30x_0C&pg=PA368#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 2011-05-15. 
  4. ^ "Jasper". KJackson.us. http://kjackson.us/towers/Jasper.php. Retrieved 2011-05-15. 
  5. ^ "List of Minnesota fire towers". Minnesota Fire Towers. 
  6. ^ Upham, Warren (2001). Minnesota Place Names: A Geographical Encyclopedia (3rd ed.). Minnesota Historical Society Press. p. 546. ISBN 0-87351-396-7. http://books.google.com/books?id=ho23eS5qjNgC&pg=PA546&lpg=PA546#v=onepage&q&f=false.