Mount Charles Stewart
Mount Charles Stewart (left) seen with Mount Lady McDonald (right)
Highest point
Elevation2,809 m (9,216 ft)[1]
Prominence363 m (1,191 ft)[2]
ListingMountains of Alberta
Coordinates51°09′18″N 115°19′59.9″W / 51.15500°N 115.333306°W / 51.15500; -115.333306[2]
Geography
Mount Charles Stewart is located in Alberta
Mount Charles Stewart
Mount Charles Stewart
Location in Alberta
LocationAlberta, Canada
Parent rangeFairholme Range
Canadian Rockies
Topo mapNTS 82O3 Canmore
Climbing
First ascent1947[1][2]
Easiest routerock climb

Mount Charles Stewart is a mountain located in the Bow River valley of Banff National Park in Canada.

The mountain was named in 1928 after Charles Stewart, who served as Premier of Alberta from 1917 to 1921.[1]

Geology

Mount Charles Stewart is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.[3] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.[4]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Charles Stewart is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[5] Temperatures can drop below −20 C with wind chill factors below −30 C. Precipitation runoff from Mount Charles Stewart drains into the Bow River which is a tributary of the Saskatchewan River.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Mount Charles Stewart". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
  2. 1 2 3 "Mount Charles Stewart". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Gadd, Ben (2008). Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias.
  5. ↑ 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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