Mount Lawson (Alberta)

Mount Lawson
Mount Lawson is located in Alberta
Mount Lawson
Mount Lawson
Location in Alberta
Highest point
Elevation2,795 m (9,170 ft)[1]
Prominence113 m (371 ft)[2]
ListingMountains of Alberta
Coordinates50°45′59″N 115°11′27″W / 50.76639°N 115.19083°W / 50.76639; -115.19083[3]
Geography
CountryCanada
ProvinceAlberta
Parent rangeKananaskis Range
Topo mapNTS 82J14 Spray Lakes Reservoir[3]
Climbing
Easiest routeA moderate scramble via east-facing rubble slopes

Mount Lawson is a mountain located in the Kananaskis Range of Alberta.[1][2] It was named in 1922 by Walter Wilcox and H.G. Bryant after Major W.E. Lawson, an employee with the Geological Survey of Canada who was killed in France during World War I.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Mount Lawson". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
  2. ^ a b "Mount Lawson". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
  3. ^ a b "Mount Lawson". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
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