What is Waputik Range?

Information about Waputik Range

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Waputik Range seen from the Icefield Parkway
The Waputik Range lies West of the upper Bow Valley, East of Bath Creek, South of Balfour Creek in the Canadian Rockies.

"Waputik" means "white goat" in Stoney. The range was named by George Mercer Dawson of the Geological Survey of Canada.

The President Range lies within the Waputik Range.

Peaks

  • Howse Peak 3295m
  • Wapta Mountain 2782m
  • Mount Balfour 3284m
  • Mount Patterson 3191m
  • The President 3123m
  • Waputik Peak 2755m
  • Mount Baker 3180m
  • Mont des Poilus 3166m
  • Mount Gordon 3161m
  • Caldron Peak 2909m
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Canadian Rockies
RangesBall Bare Beaverfoot Blue Bow Crowsnest Elk Fairholme Hart High Rock Kananaskis Massive Misty Muskwa Palliser President Queen Elizabeth Rainbow Ram Sawback Sir Winston Churchill Slate South Jasper Vermilion Victoria Cross Waputik Continental Ranges
MountainsAlberta Andromeda Assiniboine Athabasca Brazeau Bryce Cascade Castle Clemenceau Columbia Edith Cavell Forbes Hungabee Joffre Kitchener Lyell Pilot Pyramid Robson Rundle Snow Dome Temple Three Sisters Twin Mountains of Alberta Valley of the Ten Peaks
PassesAbbot Allison Athabasca Crowsnest Elbow Howse Kicking Horse Sunwapta Wapiti Yellowhead
GlaciersAthabasca Bow Columbia Icefield Crowfoot Hector Peyto Saskatchewan Vulture Wapta Waputik Icefield
ParksAkamina-Kishinena Banff Bow Valley Bragg Creek Elbow-Sheep Graham-Laurier Hamber Height of the Rockies Jasper Kananaskis Kakwa Kootenay Liard River Mount Assiniboine Mount Robson Muncho Lake Northern Rocky Mountains Peter Lougheed Sheep River Spray Valley Yoho Waterton Lakes Willmore
Ski resortsCastle Mountain Fernie Fortress Mountain Kicking Horse Kimberley Lake Louise Marmot Basin Mount Norquay Nakiska Panorama Revelstoke Mountain Sunshine Village


Bow Valley is a valley located along the upper Bow River in Alberta, Canada. It may be named for its resemblance to an archer's bow.

Parks

Bow Valley Provincial Park (part of the Kananaskis park system) is established east of the Canadian Rockies in the arch of the
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Canadian Rockies



Country | Canada
Provinces | British Columbia,Alberta

Highest point | Mount Robson
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The Nakoda (also known as Stoney) are a First Nation group, indigenous to both Canada and the United States.

They inhabit large parts of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
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George Mercer Dawson (August 1 1849 – March 2 1901) was a Canadian scientist and surveyor. Dawson was born in Pictou, Nova Scotia, the son of Sir John William Dawson.
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The Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) is part of the Earth Sciences Sector of Natural Resources Canada. In French it is called Commission Géologique du Canada (CGC.)
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The President Range () is a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies, located in the northwestern section of Yoho National Park. The range is named for the highest peak in the range, The President.
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Howse Peak is the highest mountain in the Waputik Range, a subrange of the Canadian Rockies. It is located 5 km (3 mi) west of the Icefields Parkway, above Chephren Lake, on the continental divide between Alberta and British Columbia.
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Mount Baker is a mountain on the Continental Divide, in Alberta and British Columbia, in the Canadian Rockies.

The peak was named in 1898 by John Norman Collie, after G.P. Baker of the Appalachian Mountain Club. The first ascent was in 1923 by W. D. Wilcox and R. Aemmer.
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Canadian Rockies



Country | Canada
Provinces | British Columbia,Alberta

Highest point | Mount Robson
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The Canadian Rockies are a segment of the North American Rocky Mountains found in the Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia.

List of Ranges

The Canadian Rockies are divided into Northern Continental Ranges, Central Main Ranges, Central Front Ranges and
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Ball Range

Country | Canada
Province | British Columbia

Part of Canadian Rockies

Length | 26 km (16 mi), W-E
Width |
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Bare Range

Country | Canada
Region | Alberta

Part of Rocky Mountains

Highest point | Panther Mountain
 - elevation 9,656 ft (0 m)
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The Beaverfoot Range () is a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies, located in southeastern British Columbia. The range extends from Cedared Creek near Spillimacheen north to the Kicking Horse River.
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The Blue Range () is a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies, located on the Continental Divide in Banff National Park, Canada. The range is named for the blue appearance of the range when seen from a distance.
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Bow Range



Country | Canada
Provinces | British Columbia,Alberta

Part of Canadian Rockies
(Southern Continental Ranges)

Area |
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Crowsnest Range is a mountain range of the Rocky Mountains in southwestern Alberta and southeastern British Columbia, Canada.

The range is located south of the Crowsnest Pass, which separates it from the High Rock Range.
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The Elk Range ( to ) is a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies, located on the southern edge of Kananaskis on the Alberta-British Columbia border.
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The Fairholme Range () is a mountain range east of the Bow River valley in the Canadian Rockies. The range is bounded by the Trans-Canada Highway on the west side while the northern section of the range extends into Banff National Park to
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The Hart Ranges are one of the main geographic subdivisions of the Canadian Rockies and are the main part of the area that is meant by the Northern Rockies, although the much larger Muskwa Ranges to the north are more deserving of that term — but also much more inaccessible
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High Rock Range is a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies in southwestern Alberta and southeastern British Columbia, Canada.

It is a part of the Southern Continental Ranges and is located on the continental divide, north of the Crowsnest Pass and south of the Highwood Pass.
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Kananaskis Range



Country | Canada
Provinces | Alberta

Part of Canadian Rockies

Highest point | Mount Galatea
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The Massive Range is a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies, located in the southwestern area of the Bow River valley in Banff National Park, Canada.

This range includes the following mountains and peaks:
Mountain/Peak metres feet
Mount Brett 2,984
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Misty Range

Misty Range with Mist Mountain and Mount Arethusa


Country | Canada
Region | Alberta
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The Muskwa Ranges are a group of mountain ranges in northern British Columbia, Canada. They are part of the Far Northern Rockies section of the Rocky Mountains and are bounded on their west by the Rocky Mountain Trench and on their east by the Rocky Mountain Foothills.
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The Palliser Range () is a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies that lies in the extreme southeast corner of Banff National Park.

The Palliser Range is part of the East Banff Ranges of the Central Front Canadian Rockies.
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The President Range () is a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies, located in the northwestern section of Yoho National Park. The range is named for the highest peak in the range, The President.
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The Queen Elizabeth Ranges is a group of mountain ranges in the Canadian Rockies on the southeastern side of Jasper National Park, Canada. The northern end of the ranges begins east of Medicine Lake, Jasper, Alberta and extends in a southeasterly direction past the southern shore
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Rainbow Range is a small subrange of the Park Ranges subdivions of the Northern Continental Ranges of the Rocky Mountains on the border between Alberta and British Columbia in Mount Robson Provincial Park. It is only about 1900 km² (730 sq mi) in area.
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The Ram Range is a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies located in David Thompson Country, Canada. The range extends southeast from Abraham Lake to the Ram River. It is bounded on the southwest by Whiterabbit Creek.
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The Sawback Range is a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies that stretches from the Bow Valley in Alberta into southeastern Banff National Park.

This range includes the following mountains and peaks:
Mountain/Peak metres feet
Bonnet Peak 3,235
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