Mount Belanger

Mount Belanger
The west face of Mount Belanger, August 2011
Highest point
Elevation	3,120 m (10,240 ft)[1][2]
Prominence	589 m (1,932 ft)[2][3]
Parent peak	Mount Fryatt 3,361 m[2]
Listing	Mountains of Alberta
Coordinates	52°30′41″N 117°55′22″W[4]
Geography
Mount Belanger Location in Alberta Show map of Alberta Mount Belanger Location in Canada Show map of Canada
Country	Canada
Province	Alberta
Protected area	Jasper National Park
Parent range	Canadian Rockies
Topo map	NTS 83C12 Athabasca Falls[4]
Climbing
First ascent	July 14, 1930 by W.R. Hainsworth, J.F. Lehmann, M.M. Strumia[5]
Easiest route	North face II

Mount Belanger is a 3,109-metre (10,200 ft) mountain, making it Alberta's 130th highest peak. It was named in 1814 in memory of André Bélanger, a French Canadian, member of the Astoria expedition, who with Gabriel Franchère and others where coming back by land to Montréal. After having set up Astoria at the mouth of the Columbia River in present day Oregon. André Bélanger and Olivier Roy-Lapensée drowned in the Athabasca River in 1814 and Thus Gabriel Franchère named that mountain after him and a rapid and a piece of land in memory of Lapensée.[6] It lies within peaks that are between the Athabasca River and Whirlpool Rivers in Jasper National Park.[1][2]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Belanger is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[7] Wintertime lows can reach -20 °C with wind chill values as low as -30 °C.

Gallery

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  East face of Belanger

See also

• Mountains portal
• Geography of Alberta
• Brussels Peak

References

1. "Mount Belanger". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
2. "Mount Belanger". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2017-11-26.
3. "Mount Belanger". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2012-11-03.
4. "Mount Belanger". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
5. Strumia, Max M.; Hainsworth, William R. (1931). "Gleanings in the Canadian Rockies, 1930". American Alpine Journal. 1 (3). American Alpine Club. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
6. Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 18. Retrieved 2021-01-05 – via babel.hathitrust.org.
7. 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.

External links

• Parks Canada web site: Jasper National Park
• Mount Belanger: weather forecast