Mount Harkin

Mount Harkin is a 2,979-metre (9,774-foot) mountain summit located in the Kootenay River Valley along the eastern border of Kootenay National Park. Park visitors can see the peak from Highway 93, also known as the Banff–Windermere Highway. It is part of the Mitchell Range, which is a sub-range of the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, Canada. Its nearest higher peak is Mount Assiniboine, 14.0 km (8.7 mi) to the northeast.[1]

Mount Harkin
Mount Harkin seen from Kootenay Valley Overlook along Highway 93
Highest point
Elevation2,979 m (9,774 ft) [1]
Prominence774 m (2,539 ft) [1]
Parent peakMount Assiniboine (3618 m)[1]
Coordinates50°47′49″N 115°51′52″W [2]
Geography
Mount Harkin
Location of Mount Harkin in British Columbia
Mount Harkin
Mount Harkin (Canada)
LocationKootenay National Park
British Columbia, Canada
Parent rangeMitchell Range
Canadian Rockies
Topo mapNTS 82J13
Geology
Age of rockCambrian[3]
Type of rockOttertail Limestone[3]

History

The mountain was named in 1923 by Morrison P. Bridgland in honor of James Bernard Harkin (1875-1955), who was Canada's first National Parks commissioner from 1911 until 1936.[4] Harkin established 11 new national parks and has been called the "Father of the National Parks of Canada."[5] The mountain's name was officially adopted in 1924 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.[2] Bridgland (1878-1948) was a Dominion Land Surveyor who named many peaks in the Canadian Rockies.[6]

Geology

Mount Harkin is composed principally of Ottertail limestone, a sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Cambrian periods and pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.[7]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Harkin is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[8] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains east into tributaries of the Cross River, or directly west to the Kootenay River.

See also

References
  1. "Mount Harkin". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-03-18.
  2. "Mount Harkin". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-03-18.
  3. Parks Canada
  4. Mount Harkin PeakFinder
  5. BC Geographical Names
  6. Mapper of Mountains M.P. Bridgland in the Canadian Rockies 1902-1930, Author I.S. MacLaren, The University of Alberta Press, ISBN 0-88864-456-6
  7. Gadd, Ben (2008). "Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. 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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