Lynx Mountain

Lynx Mountain
Lynx Mountain
Location in Alberta and British Columbia
Elevation 3,192 m (10,472 ft) [1]
Prominence 425 m (1,394 ft) [2]
Location
Location Alberta-British Columbia
Range Rainbow Range
Coordinates [1]
Topo map NTS 83E/03
Climbing
First ascent 1913 ACC Party, W. Schauffelberger[2]

Lynx Mountain is a mountain peak in the Canadian Rockies. It is located on the continental divide between the provinces of Alberta and British Columbia, in the Cushina Ridge of the Continental Ranges. It was named by Lucius Quincy Coleman for the remains of a lynx they found on the ice of the nearby Coleman Glacier in 1908.

Reaching an elevation of 3,192 metres (10,472 ft),[1] it lies in both the Mount Robson Provincial Park and Jasper National Park.

The Lynx Formation, a stratigraphical unit of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin was named for the mountain by C.D. Walcott in 1913.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Lynx Mountain". Peak Finder. http://peakfinder.com/peakfinder.ASP?PeakName=Lynx+Mountain. Retrieved 2010-02-07. 
  2. ^ a b "Lynx Mountain". Bivouac.com. http://www.bivouac.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=524. Retrieved 2010-02-03. 
  3. ^ Walcott, C.D. (1913). "Cambrian formations of the Robson Peak District, British Columbia and Alberta, Canada". Smithsonian Misc. Coll 47 (12): 327–343.