Mount Bosworth

Mountain in the country of Canada
Mount Bosworth is located in Alberta
Mount Bosworth
Mount Bosworth
Location in Alberta and British Columbia
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Mount Bosworth is located in Canada
Mount Bosworth
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Mount Bosworth (Canada)
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LocationAlberta / British ColumbiaParent rangePark Ranges
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Mount Bosworth is located in the Canadian Rockies on the border of Alberta and British Columbia. The mountain is situated immediately northwest of Kicking Horse Pass and straddles the shared border of Banff National Park with Yoho National Park. It was named in 1903 after George Morris Bosworth, an executive and long-time employee of the Canadian Pacific Railway.[1][2][4]

Geology

Mount Bosworth is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.[5] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.[6]

Mount Bosworth seen from Highway 1 near Lake Louise

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Bosworth is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[7] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Mount Bosworth". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
  2. ^ a b c "Mount Bosworth". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2010-02-11.
  3. ^ "Mount Bosworth". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2013-06-29.
  4. ^ Boles, Glen W.; Laurilla, Roger W.; Putnam, William L. (2006). Canadian Mountain Place Names. Vancouver: Rocky Mountain Books. p. 47. ISBN 978-1-894765-79-4.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Gadd, Ben (2008). Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias.
  7. ^ 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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