Waputik Range

Waputik Range
Waputik Range seen from the Icefields Parkway
Highest point
Peak	Mount Balfour
Elevation	3,284 m (10,774 ft)
Dimensions
Length	19 km (12 mi) [1]
Width	19 km (12 mi) [1]
Area	235 km^2 (91 sq mi) [1]
Geography
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Range coordinates	51°31′59″N 116°22′02″W / 51.5331°N 116.3672°WCoordinates: 51°31′59″N 116°22′02″W / 51.5331°N 116.3672°W [2]
Parent range	Waputik Mountains

The Waputik Range lies west of the upper Bow Valley, east of Bath Creek, and south of Balfour Creek in the Canadian Rockies. "Waputik" means "white goat" in Stoney. The range was named by George Mercer Dawson of the Geological Survey of Canada.^[3] The President Range lies within the Waputik Range.

The Waputik Range should not be confused with the much larger Waputik Mountains which encompasses this range and other peaks along the Continental Divide in Yoho National Park.

Peaks

• Howse Peak 3,295 m or 10,810 ft, highest in the Waputik Mountains
• Mount Balfour 3284m
• Mount Patterson 3191m
• Mount Baker 3180m
• Mont des Poilus 3166m
• Mount Gordon 3161m
• The President 3123m
• Caldron Peak 2909m
• Wapta Mountain 2782m
• Waputik Peak 2755m

References

1. "Waputik Range". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2013-06-08.
2. "Waputik Range". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2013-06-08.
3. Boles, Glen W.; Laurilla, Roger W.; Putnam, William L. (2006). Canadian Mountain Place Names. Vancouver: Rocky Mountain Books. p. 264. ISBN 978-1-894765-79-4.