Mount Lawson is a mountain located in the
Kananaskis Range
The Kananaskis Range is a mountain range west of the Kananaskis River in the Canadian Rockies. Many of the peaks are named after ships and people involved in the Battle of Jutland
The Battle of Jutland (german: Skagerrakschlacht, the Battl ...
of
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. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...
.
It was named in 1922 by
Walter Wilcox
Walter Dwight Wilcox (1869–1949) was an early explorer of the Canadian Rockies, especially in the Lake Louise region.
Life
Wilcox was educated at Phillips Academy, Andover (Class of 1889) and Yale University (1893).
Walter Wilcox is known for ...
and H.G. Bryant after Major W.E. Lawson, an employee with the
Geological Survey of Canada
The Geological Survey of Canada (GSC; french: Commission géologique du Canada (CGC)) is a Canadian federal government agency responsible for performing geological surveys of the country, developing Canada's natural resources and protecting the en ...
who was killed in France during World War I.
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References
Two-thousanders of Alberta
Alberta's Rockies
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