Mount Mitchell (Alberta)

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Mount Mitchell
Elevation 3,040 m (9,974 ft)[1]
Location Flag of Alberta Alberta Flag of Canada Canada
Range Sir Winston Churchill Range
Coordinates 52°24′15″N 117°30′15″W / 52.40417, -117.50417
Topo map NTS 83C/05

Mount Mitchell is located within the Sunwapta River valley of Jasper National Park, Canada, 3 kilometers (2 mi) southeast of Mount Morden Long.

Mt. Mitchell was named in 1970 for J.H. Mitchell and Mitchell Lobb, who were engineers for the Department of the Interior. Mitchell oversaw the construction of the Icefields Parkway from Jasper to the Banff-Jasper boundary.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Peakfinder. Mt. Mitchell. Retrieved on 2007-08-31.