Mount Belanger

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Mount Belanger
West face of Mount Belanger.jpg
The west face of Mount Belanger, August 2011
Highest point
Elevation3,120 m (10,240 ft)[1][2]
Prominence589 m (1,932 ft)[2][3]
Parent peakMount Fryatt 3361 m[2]
ListingMountains of Alberta
Coordinates52°30′41″N 117°55′22″W / 52.51139°N 117.92278°W / 52.51139; -117.92278Coordinates: 52°30′41″N 117°55′22″W / 52.51139°N 117.92278°W / 52.51139; -117.92278[4]
Geography
Mount Belanger is located in Alberta
Mount Belanger
Mount Belanger
Parent rangeCanadian Rockies
Topo mapNTS 83C12 Athabasca Falls[4]
Climbing
First ascentJuly 14, 1930 by W.R. Hainsworth, J.F. Lehmann, M.M. Strumia[5]
Easiest routeNorth face II

Mount Belanger is a 3,109-metre (10,200 ft) mountain, making it Alberta's 130th highest peak. It was named in 1921 by D.B. Dowling, in memory of Andre Belanger, a local mountain guide who drowned in the Athabasca River in 1814.[6] It lies within peaks that are between the Athabasca River and Whirlpool Rivers in Jasper National Park.[1][2]

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  1. ^ a b "Mount Belanger". PeakFinder.com. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  2. ^ a b c d "Mount Belanger". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2017-11-26.
  3. ^ "Mount Belanger". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2012-11-03.
  4. ^ a b "Mount Belanger". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  5. ^ Strumia, Max M.; Hainsworth, William R. (1931). "Gleanings in the Canadian Rockies, 1930". American Alpine Journal. American Alpine Club. 1 (3). Retrieved 2021-01-05.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ Place-names of Alberta. babel.hathitrust.org. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 18. Retrieved 2021-01-05.



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