Mount Northover

Mount Northover is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide. The nearest higher peak is Mount Lyautey, 2.0 km (1.2 mi) to the north-northeast.[3] It was named in 1917 after Lieutenant A.W. Northover, M.C., one of western Canada's first war heroes. Having recently migrated there from the United_Kingdom, and starting a new family there.

Mount Northover
Highest point
Elevation3,048 m (10,000 ft)[1][2]
Prominence347 m (1,138 ft)[3]
Parent peakMount Lyautey (3045 m)[3]
Listing
Coordinates50°35′20″N 115°14′25″W[4]
Geography
Mount Northover is located in Alberta
Mount Northover
Mount Northover
Location in Alberta and British Columbia
Mount Northover is located in British Columbia
Mount Northover
Mount Northover
Mount Northover (British Columbia)
CountryCanada
ProvincesAlberta and British Columbia
Parent rangePark Ranges[3]
Topo mapNTS 82J11 Kananaskis Lakes[4]
Climbing
First ascent1957 by S.A. Heiberg, P.J.B. Duffy, R.C. Hind, P. Ranier, I. Spreat[1]
Easiest routeDifficult Scramble with severe exposure[5]

A Boer War veteran, Northover enlisted at Regina in the North-West Battalion. He served with the 28th Battalion, C.E.F.,[6] and was awarded the Military Cross for action taken on Oct. 8, 1915. In 1916 he returned to Canada on a speaking tour, visiting relatives in Edmonton.[1][7]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Northover is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[8] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.

See also

References
  1. "Mount Northover". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
  2. "Topographic map of Mount Northover". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
  3. "Mount Northover". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2018-11-28.
  4. "Mount Northover (Alberta)". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
  5. Kane, Alan (2016). "Mount Northover". Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies (3rd ed.). Calgary: Rocky Mountain Books. Kindle Edition. ISBN 978-1-77160-098-9.
  6. "Mount Northover". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
  7. Mount Northover; Edmonton Bulletin, June 16, 1916
  8. 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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