Mount Girouard
| Mount Girouard | |
|---|---|
 Mount Inglismaldie (left) and Mount Girouard (right) | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,995 m (9,826 ft) [1] |
| Prominence | 1,455 m (4,774 ft) [2] |
| Coordinates | 51°14′15″N 115°24′05″W / 51.23750°N 115.40139°WCoordinates: 51°14′15″N 115°24′05″W / 51.23750°N 115.40139°W [1] |
| Geography | |
  Mount Girouard Location in Alberta | |
| Location | Alberta, Canada |
| Parent range | Fairholme Range |
| Topo map | NTS 82O/03 |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1938 by E.E. Bishop and D.R. Crosby[1][2] |
| Easiest route | rock climb |
Mount Girouard is the highest peak of the Fairholme Range in Banff National Park, Canada. Mt. Girouard is located in the Bow River valley south of Lake Minnewanka.
The mountain was named in 1904 after Sir Édouard Girouard, a railway builder in Africa during the rule of the British Empire.[1][2]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Mount Girouard". PeakFinder. Retrieved 2004-09-29.
- 1 2 3 "Mount Girouard". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2008-05-25.
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