De Smet Range

De Smet Range

De Smet Range and Athabasca River
Highest point
Peak Roche de Smet
Elevation 2,539 m (8,330 ft)
Coordinates 53°08′05″N 118°07′00″W / 53.13472°N 118.11667°W / 53.13472; -118.11667
Geography
Country Canada
Province Alberta
Range coordinates 53°10′N 118°13′W / 53.17°N 118.22°W / 53.17; -118.22Coordinates: 53°10′N 118°13′W / 53.17°N 118.22°W / 53.17; -118.22
Parent range Canadian Rockies

The De Smet Range is a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies located northwest of Highway 16 and Jasper Lake in Jasper National Park, Canada. The range is named after its highest point Roche de Smet, which in turn was named by Iroquois working in the fur trade industry. The Iroquois named the peak after Pierre-Jean De Smet, a Belgian missionary who had worked with the indigenous native peoples in the 1840s in Western Canada and Northwestern United States.[1]

This range includes the following mountains and peaks:[2]

Mountain/Peak metres feet
Roche de Smet 2,539 8,330
Mount Cumnock 2,460 8,071
Mount Bistre 2,346 7,697
Mount Greenock 2,065 6,775

References

  1. "De Smet Range". Bivouac Mountain Encyclopedia. Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2009-01-10.
  2. "De Smet Range". PeakFinder. Retrieved 2009-01-10.


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