Mount Charles Stewart

Mount Charles Stewart is a mountain located in the Bow River valley of Banff National Park in Canada.

Mount Charles Stewart
Mount Charles Stewart (left) seen with Mount Lady McDonald (right)
Highest point
Elevation2,809 m (9,216 ft) [1]
Prominence363 m (1,191 ft) [2]
ListingMountains of Alberta
Coordinates51°09′18″N 115°19′59.9″W [2]
Geography
Mount Charles Stewart
Location in Alberta
LocationAlberta, Canada
Parent rangeFairholme Range
Canadian Rockies
Topo mapNTS 82O/03
Climbing
First ascent1947[1][2]
Easiest routerock climb

The mountain was named in 1928 after Charles Stewart, who served as Premier of Alberta from 1917 to 1921.[1]

Geology

Mount Charles Stewart is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.[3] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.[4]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Charles Stewart is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[5] Temperatures can drop below −20 C with wind chill factors below −30 C. Precipitation runoff from Mount Charles Stewart drains into the Bow River which is a tributary of the Saskatchewan River.

See also

References
  1. "Mount Charles Stewart". PeakFinder.com. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
  2. "Mount Charles Stewart". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
  3. 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.
  4. Gadd, Ben (2008). Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias.
  5. 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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