Mount Girouard
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Mount Girouard is the highest peak of the Fairholme Range in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. Mt. Girouard is located in the Bow River valley south of Lake Minnewanka.
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Mount Girouard | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,995 m (9,826 ft)[1] |
Prominence | 1,455 m (4,774 ft)[2] |
Listing | Mountains of Alberta |
Coordinates | 51°14′10″N 115°24′11″W[3] |
Geography | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Alberta |
Protected area | Banff National Park |
Parent range | Fairholme Range |
Topo map | NTS 82O3 Canmore[3] |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1938 by E.E. Bishop and D.R. Crosby[1][2] |
Easiest route | rock climb |
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The mountain was named in 1904 after Sir Édouard Girouard, a railway builder in Africa during the rule of the British Empire.[1][2]