Kananaskis Range
Subrange of the Front Ranges in Alberta, Canada
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The Kananaskis Range is a mountain range west of the Kananaskis River in the Continental Ranges of the Canadian Rockies. Many of the peaks are named after ships and people involved in the Battle of Jutland.
PeakMount Galatea
Length44 km (27 mi)[3]
| Kananaskis Range | |
|---|---|
High Rock Range in Kannaskis | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Mount Galatea |
| Elevation | 3,185 m (10,449 ft)[1] |
| Coordinates | 50°50′23″N 115°16′26″W[2] |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 44 km (27 mi)[3] |
| Width | 25 km (16 mi)[3] |
| Geography | |
  Kananaskis Range Location in Alberta | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Alberta |
| Range coordinates | 50°51′14″N 115°15′53″W[4] |
| Parent range | Continental Ranges |
| Topo map | NTS 82J14[4] |
Mount Bogart is named after D.B. Dowling. Bogart was his mother's maiden name and his middle name. D.B. Dowling surveyed the area in the early 1900s for the Geographical Society of Canada.[5] Tower was named after Francis George Towers an early homesteader of the region. Mt McDougal another early homesteader Archie McDougal of Carstairs. Mts. Evans Thomas named after Thomas Oldham Evans an early homesteader.
List of mountains
Peaks of this range include:
