Mount Odlum

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Mount Odlum
Mount Odlum is located in Alberta
Mount Odlum
Mount Odlum
Location in Alberta
Highest point
Elevation2,716 m (8,911 ft)[1]
Prominence150 m (490 ft)[2]
Parent peak (2753 m)[2]
Listing
Coordinates50°29′10″N 114°56′17″W / 50.48611°N 114.93806°W / 50.48611; -114.93806Coordinates: 50°29′10″N 114°56′17″W / 50.48611°N 114.93806°W / 50.48611; -114.93806[3]
Geography
CountryCanada
ProvincesAlberta and British Columbia
Parent rangeElk Range
Topo mapNTS 82J7 [4]

Mount Odlum is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide. It was named in 1917 after Victor Wentworth Odlum, Brigadier-General in the Canadian army during World War I. After the war, he entered politics from 1924-1947.[3]

See also[]

  • List of peaks on the British Columbia-Alberta border

References[]

  1. ^ "Mount Odlum". PeakFinder.com. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
  2. ^ a b "Mount Odlum". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
  3. ^ a b "Mount Odlum". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
  4. ^ "Mount Odium (Alberta)". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2021-07-19.


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