The Nikanassin Range is a group of

mountain range A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have arise ...

s in the Canadian Rockies on the eastern edge of

Jasper National Park Jasper National Park is a national park in Alberta, Canada. It is the largest national park within Alberta's Rocky Mountains spanning . It was established as a national park in 1930 and declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. Its locatio ...

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. It is developed south-east of the

Fiddle Range The Fiddle Range is a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies located south of Highway 16 on the east border of Jasper National Park, Canada. The range was so named on account of noises produced by blowing wind. This range includes the following ...

, and one of the front ranges. ''Nikanassin'' means "first range" in Cree. The range has an extent of , with a length of from north-west to south-east, and a width of . Its highest point is Blackface Mountain, with a height of . Numerous seams of

coal Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams. Coal is mostly carbon with variable amounts of other elements, chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen. Coal is formed when ...

are found in this range, with past and present mines at Cadomin, Mountain Park and Luscar. The range gives the name to the Nikanassin Formation, a stratigraphical unit of late

Jurassic The Jurassic ( ) is a geologic period and stratigraphic system that spanned from the end of the Triassic Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Cretaceous Period, approximately Mya. The Jurassic constitutes the middle period of ...

age that has its stratotype in this region.

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{{Canadian Rockies, state=collapsed Ranges of the Canadian Rockies Mountain ranges of Alberta

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