Mount Allen (Canada)

Mount Allen is a mountain in the Canadian Rockies, located 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] Allen was an American cartographer who mapped this area of the Rockies in 1894-95.[5][6][7] Allen had named this mountain "Shappee", the Stoney First Nations word for number 6 in reference to Allen's naming of the ten mountains in the Valley of the Ten Peaks.[7] The peak forms part of the backdrop to Moraine Lake in Banff National Park.

For other uses, see Mount Allen (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Mount Allan (Canada).
Mount Allen
Shappee
Highest point
Elevation3,310 m (10,860 ft) [1][2]
Prominence260 m (850 ft) [3][notes 1]
Coordinates51°17′33″N 116°13′12″W [4]
Geography
Mount Allen
Location in Alberta
Mount Allen
Mount Allen (British Columbia)
CountryCanada
ProvincesAlberta and British Columbia
ParksBanff and Yoho
Parent rangeCanadian Rockies
Topo mapNTS 82N/08[4]
Climbing
First ascent1904 Gertrude Benham, Christian Kaufmann[1][3]

Geology

The mountains in Banff Park are composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.[8] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.[9]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, the mountain has a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[10] Temperatures can drop below -20 C with wind chill factors below -30 C in the winter.

See also

References
  1. "Mount Allen". PeakFinder.com. Retrieved 2019-08-14.
  2. Lake Louise & Yoho (Map). 1:50,000. Cochrane, AB: Gem Trek Publishing. 2001. § D4. ISBN 1-895526-15-9. Retrieved 2019-08-14.
  3. "Mount Allen". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2010-02-06.
  4. "Mount Allen". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-08-14.
  5. Boles, Glen W.; Laurilla, Roger W.; Putnam, William L. (2006). Canadian Mountain Place Names. Vancouver: Rocky Mountain Books. ISBN 978-1-894765-79-4.
  6. "Samuel Evans Stokes Allen, 1874-1945". American Alpine Club. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
  7. Sanford, Emerson; Beck, Janice Sanford (2010). Historic Hikes Around Mount Assiniboine & in Kananaskis Country. Rocky Mountain Books Ltd. p. 125. ISBN 9781897522806. Retrieved 2019-08-14.
  8. Belyea, Helen R. (1960). The Story of the Mountains in Banff National Park (PDF). parkscanadahistory.com (Report). Ottawa: Geological Survey of Canada. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-10-02. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  9. Gadd, Ben (2008). Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias.
  10. Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11: 1633–1644. ISSN 1027-5606.
Notes
  1. Prominence based on summit elevation of 3280 m.

Further reading
  • Allen from Larch Valley
  • Moraine Lake with Mount Allen centered
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