Sentinel Peak (also known as Sentinel Mountain) is a

mountain A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited Summit (topography), summit area, and ...

in Kananaskis, Alberta,

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. It is located in the Livingstone Range, east of ''Sentinel Pass''. The headwaters of the ''Pekisko Creek'' originate on the slopes of the mountain. The mountain was named in 1884 by

George M. Dawson George Mercer Dawson (August 1, 1849 – March 2, 1901) was a Canadian geologist and surveyor. Biography He was born in Pictou, Nova Scotia, the eldest son of Sir John William Dawson, Principal of McGill University and a noted geologist ...

although he referred to it as Sentinel Mountain on his 1886 map.

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