Victoria Cross Ranges

The Victoria Cross Ranges (

52°55′N 118°18′W / 52.917°N 118.300°W / 52.917; -118.300 (Victoria Cross Ranges-S) to

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53°05′N 118°30′W / 53.083°N 118.500°W / 53.083; -118.500 (Victoria Cross Ranges-N)) are a set of mountain ranges in the Canadian Rockies, located to the northwest of Jasper. Of the 19 peaks contained within this range, five are named after Canadian recipients of the Victoria Cross. The area of the ranges is 678 square kilometers.^[1]

This range includes the following mountains and peaks:

Mountain/Peak	metres	feet	namesake
Snaring Mountain	2,931	9,617
Mount Bridgland	2,930	9,613	(not VC recipient)
Mount Mahood	2,896	9,502
Consort Mountain	2,883	9,459
Mount Oliver	2,865	9,400
Mount Beaupré	2,778	9,115
Monarch Mountain	2,777	9,111
Pyramid Mountain	2,766	9,075
	2,743	9,000	George Burdon McKean, VC
	2,685	8,809
	2,682	8,800	William Antrobus Griesbach (not VC recipient)
	2,650	8,695	Cecil John Kinross, VC
	2,630	8,629	Raphael Louis Zengel, VC
	2,629	8,626	Henry A.F. MacLeod, CPR engineer[2]
	2,610	8,563
Mount Kerr	2,560	8,399	John Chipman Kerr, VC
Emigrants Mountain	2,553	8,376
	2,446	8,025
	2,316	7,600	John George Pattison, VC

See also[]

• Ranges of the Canadian Rockies

Further reading[]

• Jane G. Ferrigno, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, P 269
• Chris Yorath, Ben Gadd, Of Rocks, Mountains and Jasper: A Visitor's Guide To The Geology Of Jasper National Park, P 133
• Brian Patton, Bart Robinson, Canadian Rockies Trail Guide, P 184

References[]

External links[]

• Victoria Cross Ranges at Natural Resources Canada website
• The Victoria Cross Mountain Ranges: Commemorating the Heroism of Canadian Veterans
• Victoria Cross Ranges on peakvisor
• Victoria Cross Ranges on summitsearch
• Victoria Cross Ranges weather forecast