Mount Allen (Bow Range)

Mount Allen is a mountain in the Canadian Rockies, on the Continental Divide, which forms the provincial boundary between British Columbia and Alberta in this region. J. Monroe Thorington named this mountain for Samuel Evans Stokes Allen in 1924.^[3][6] Allen was an American cartographer who mapped this area of the Rockies in 1894–1895.^[7][8][9] Allen had named this mountain "Shappee", the Stoney language word for "six", as part of his naming of the ten mountains in the Valley of the Ten Peaks.^[9] The peak forms part of the backdrop to Moraine Lake in Banff National Park.

Elevation3,310 m (10,860 ft)^[1][2]

Prominence260 m (850 ft)^{[3][notes 1]}

Listing

• Mountains of Alberta
• Mountains of British Columbia

Coordinates51°17′33″N 116°13′12″W^[4][5]

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Mount Allen
Shappee
Highest point
Elevation	3,310 m (10,860 ft)[1][2]
Prominence	260 m (850 ft)[3][notes 1]
Listing	Mountains of Alberta Mountains of British Columbia
Coordinates	51°17′33″N 116°13′12″W[4][5]
Geography
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Country	Canada
Provinces	Alberta and British Columbia
Parks	Banff and Yoho
Parent range	Bow Range[4][3]
Topo map	NTS 82N8 Lake Louise[4][5]
Climbing
First ascent	1904 Gertrude Benham, Christian Kaufmann[1][3]

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