Mount Charles Stewart

Mount Charles Stewart
Mount Charles Stewart
	Mount Charles Stewart (left) seen with Mount Lady McDonald (right)
Highest point
Elevation	2,809 m (9,216 ft)
Prominence	363 m (1,191 ft)
Listing	Mountains of Alberta
Coordinates	51°09′18″N 115°19′59.9″W / 51.15500°N 115.333306°W
Geography
	Mount Charles Stewart Location in Alberta
Location	Alberta, Canada
Parent range	Fairholme Range; Canadian Rockies
Topo map	NTS 82O3 Canmore
Climbing
First ascent	1947
Easiest route	rock 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.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Mount Charles Stewart". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Mount Charles Stewart". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
^ 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.

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[peakfinder-1] "Mount Charles Stewart". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-08-20.

[bivouac-2] "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.

[gadd-4] Gadd, Ben (2008). Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias.

[Peel-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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Geology

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