De Smet Range

The De Smet Range is a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies located northwest of Highway 16 and Jasper Lake in Jasper National Park, Canada. The range is named after its highest point Roche de Smet, which in turn was named by Iroquois working in the fur trade industry. The Iroquois named the peak after Pierre-Jean De Smet, a Belgian missionary who had worked with the indigenous native peoples in the 1840s in Western Canada and Northwestern United States.[2]

De Smet Range
De Smet Range and Athabasca River
Highest point
PeakRoche de Smet
Elevation2,539 m (8,330 ft)
Coordinates53°08′05″N 118°07′00″W 
Geography
CountryCanada
ProvinceAlberta
Range coordinates53°09′39″N 118°09′09″W [1]
Parent rangeCanadian Rockies
Topo map83E/01[1]

This range includes the following mountains and peaks:[3]

Mountain/Peakmetresfeet
Roche de Smet2,539 m 8,330 ft
Mount Cumnock2,460 m 8,070 ft
Mount Bistre2,346 m 7,697 ft
Mount Greenock2,065 m 6,775 ft

References
  1. "De Smet Range". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  2. "De Smet Range". Bivouac Mountain Encyclopedia. Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2009-01-10.
  3. "De Smet Range". PeakFinder.com. Retrieved 2009-01-10.


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