Elliott Peak
History
The original name of the mountain was Sentinel Peak when applied by Arthur Coleman in 1892. The shoulder of Elliott Peak, 1.6 km to the northwest, is now named Sentinel Mountain. It was renamed in 1907 for Elliott Barnes Jr. whose father Elliot Barnes Sr. owned a ranch in the North Saskatchewan valley near the foot of the mountain. Elliott Jr. made the first ascent of the peak in 1906 when he was only eight years old.
The mountain's name was made official in 1924 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.
Geology
Elliott Peak is composed of sedimentary rock laid down from the Precambrian to Jurassic periods. Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.
Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Elliott Peak is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. Temperatures can drop below -20 C with wind chill factors below -30 C.
Gallery
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Elliott Peak and David Thompson Highway
See also
References
- ^ "Elliot Peak". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
- ^ "Elliott Peak". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
- ^ "Elliott Peak, Alberta". Peakbagger.com.
- ^ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 47.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Gadd, Ben (2008), Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias
- ^ 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.