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Sunburst Peaks
Sunburst Peaks is a mountain summit located in Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park, in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, Canada. Its nearest higher peak is Wedgwood Peak, to the south. The mountain is situated immediately southeast of Sunburst Lake, west of Lake Magog, and south of Cerulean Lake. History The first ascent of the peak was made in 1910 by Katherine Longstaff and her brother Dr. Tom Longstaff, with Rudolph Aemmer as their guide. The mountain was named Sunburst Peak in 1953 after Sunburst Lake, which had been named by the Interprovincial Boundary Survey. The name was officially changed by the Geographical Names Board of Canada to Sunburst Peaks (plural) on February 15, 1983 with the intention extended to apply to three peaks. Geology Sunburst Peak is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Cambrian period. Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny. Climate Based on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Park Ranges
The Park Ranges, also known as the Main Ranges, are a group of mountain ranges in the Canadian Rockies of southeastern British Columbia and southwestern Alberta, Canada. It is one of the three main subranges and the most central of the Continental Ranges, extending from southeast of Mount McGregor to the Fernie Basin. Subranges * Blackwater Range *Blue Range * Bow Range * Chaba Icefield * Clemenceau-Chaba * Columbia Icefield * Drummond Group * Freshfields * Harrison Group * Hooker Icefield *Kitchen Range * Le Grand Brazeau * McKale-Chalco Divide *Mitchell Range * Morkill Ranges *Ottertail Range * Rainbow Range * Royal Group * Selwyn Range *Spray Mountains The Spray Mountains is a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies located in southwestern Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. A ... * Sundance Range * The Ramparts * Trident Range * Van Horne Range * Vermilion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laramide Orogeny
The Laramide orogeny was a time period of mountain building in western North America, which started in the Late Cretaceous, 70 to 80 million years ago, and ended 35 to 55 million years ago. The exact duration and ages of beginning and end of the orogeny are in dispute. The Laramide orogeny occurred in a series of pulses, with quiescent phases intervening. The major feature that was created by this orogeny was deep-seated, thick-skinned deformation, with evidence of this orogeny found from Canada to northern Mexico, with the easternmost extent of the mountain-building represented by the Black Hills of South Dakota. The phenomenon is named for the Laramie Mountains of eastern Wyoming. The Laramide orogeny is sometimes confused with the Sevier orogeny, which partially overlapped in time and space. The orogeny is commonly attributed to events off the west coast of North America, where the Kula Plate, Kula and Farallon Plates were sliding under the North American plate. Most hypothes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Peak
Indian Peak is a mountain summit located in Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park of British Columbia, Canada. Description Indian Peak is situated west of the Continental Divide of the Americas, Continental Divide and is the highest point in the Mitchell Range which is a sub-range of the Canadian Rockies. Precipitation Surface runoff, runoff from the peak's north slope flows into headwaters of Surprise Creek and the west slope is drained by Indian Creek which are both tributaries of the Simpson River (British Columbia), Simpson River. The south slope drains into the Mitchell River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1,300 metres (4,265 ft) above the Mitchell River in and 1,200 metres (3,937 ft) above Indian Creek in . Indian Peak rises immediately west of Ferro Pass, and Nestor Peak is to the northeast on the opposite side of the pass. History The first ascent of the summit was made in 1912 by Robert Daniel McCaw (1884–1941). The mountain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
