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Mount Wardle
Mount Wardle is a 2,805-metre (9,203-foot) mountain summit located in British Columbia, Canada.

Description

Mount Wardle is situated in Kootenay National Park at the southern end of the Vermilion Range, which is a sub-range of the Canadian Rockies. Mount Wardle is home to the largest population of mountain goats within the national park. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1,600 meters (5,250 feet) above the Banff–Windermere Highway in three kilometers (1.9 mile). Mount Wardle is composed of Ottertail limestone, a sedimentary rock laid down during the Cambrian period and pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains east into Wardle Creek which is a tributary of the Vermilion River, and west into Lost Creek, a tributary of the Kootenay River.

History

The first ascent of the summit was made in 1922 by a Topographical Survey party. The mountain's toponym was applied by Morrison P. Bridgland (1878–1948), a Dominion Land Surveyor who named many peaks in the Canadian Rockies. It was officially adopted 9 September 1924 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada to honor James Morey Wardle (1888–1971), a highway design engineer and then-director of special projects for Parks Canada. Wardle also served as superintendent of Banff National Park from 1919 through 1921.

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Wardle is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.

  • Aerial view of Mt. Wardle (centered), Mt. Verendrye (top, left) and Vermilion River (right)
    Aerial view of Mt. Wardle (centered), Mt. Verendrye (top, left) and Vermilion River (right)
  • Distant view looking north at Mt. Verendrye (center) and Mt. Wardle (right)
    Distant view looking north at Mt. Verendrye (center) and Mt. Wardle (right)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Mount Wardle, British Columbia". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  2. ^ AnneLise Sorensen, Christian Williams (2010), The Rough Guide to Canada, 7th edition, ISBN 978-1-84836-503-2, p. 690
  3. ^ "Mount Wardle". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  4. ^ Baird, David M. (1964). Kootenay National Park: Wild mountains and great valleys (PDF) (Report). Geological Survey of Canada. Miscellaneous Report 9. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
  5. ^ Bob Hahn (2000), Kootenay National Park, Rocky Mountain Books, ISBN 9780921102748, p. 67
  6. ^ Gadd, Ben (2008). Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias.
  7. ^ "Mount Wardle". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  8. ^ MacLaren, I.S. (2005). Mapper of Mountains M.P. Bridgland in the Canadian Rockies 1902-1930. With Eric Higgs, Gabrielle Zezulka-Mailloux. Edmonton, AB: The University of Alberta Press. ISBN 0-88864-456-6.
  9. ^ "Mount Wardle". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  10. ^ Glen W. Boles, 2006, Mountain Place Names: The Rockies and Columbia Mountains, Rocky Mountain Books, ISBN 978-1-894765-79-4, p. 264
  11. ^ 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.
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