Mount Bourgeau

Mount Bourgeau
Mount Bourgeau
	Mount Bourgeau seen from Sulphur Mountain
Highest point
Elevation	2,931 m (9,616 ft)[1]
Prominence	462 m (1,516 ft)[2]
Listing	Mountains of Alberta
Coordinates	51°07′55″N 115°46′31″W[2]
Geography
	Mount Bourgeau Location in SW Alberta Mount Bourgeau Mount Bourgeau (Canada)
Location	Alberta, Canada
Parent range	Massive Range; Canadian Rockies
Topo map	NTS 82O4 Banff[3]
Climbing
First ascent	1890 by J.J. McArthur, Tom Wilson[1][2]
Easiest route	Easy scramble on western slopes[4]

Mount Bourgeau is a 2,931-metre (9,616 ft) mountain located in the Massive Range of Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada. It was named by James Hector in 1860 after Eugène Bourgeau, a botanist with the Palliser Expedition.[1][2] Bourgeau Lake sits at the foot of the mountain and is a popular hiking destination.

Geology

Like other mountains in Banff Park, Mount Bourgeau is composed of sedimentary rock laid down from 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]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Bourgeau 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.

References

"Mount Bourgeau". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
"Mount Bourgeau". Bivouac.com.
"Mount Bourgeau". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
Kane, Alan (1999). "Mount Bourgeau". Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies. Calgary: Rocky Mountain Books. pp. 204–205. ISBN 0-921102-67-4.
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.
Gadd, Ben (2008). Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias.
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.

Mount Bourgeau

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[peakfinder-1] "Mount Bourgeau". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-17.

[bivouac-2] "Mount Bourgeau". Bivouac.com.

[cgndb-3] "Mount Bourgeau". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-09-10.

[Kane1999-4] Kane, Alan (1999). "Mount Bourgeau". Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies. Calgary: Rocky Mountain Books. pp. 204–205. ISBN 0-921102-67-4.

[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.

[gadd-6] Gadd, Ben (2008). Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias.

[Peel-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.