Mount Mitchell (Alberta)

For other uses, see Mount Mitchell (disambiguation).

Mount Mitchell
Mount Mitchell Alberta, Canada
Highest point
Elevation	3,063 m (10,049 ft) ^[1]
Prominence	183 m (600 ft) ^[2]
Coordinates	52°24′12″N 117°30′13″W / 52.40333°N 117.50361°W / 52.40333; -117.50361Coordinates: 52°24′12″N 117°30′13″W / 52.40333°N 117.50361°W / 52.40333; -117.50361 ^[3]
Geography
Location	Alberta, Canada
Parent range	Winston Churchill Range
Topo map	NTS 83C/05

Mount Mitchell is a mountain located within the Sunwapta River valley of Jasper National Park, Canada, 3 kilometres (1.9 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.^[2]

References

↑ "Mount Mitchell". PeakFinder.com. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
1 2 "Mount Mitchell". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2013-05-01.
↑ "Mount Mitchell". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2013-05-17.

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