Mount Ishbel
Mountain in Alberta, Canada
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::summary Mountain in Alberta, Canada ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox mountain"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Mount Ishbel |
| photo | Mount Ishbel in Banff National Park.jpg |
| photo_caption | Mount Ishbel |
| elevation_m | 2908 |
| elevation_ref | |
| prominence_m | 431 |
| prominence_ref | |
| range | Sawback Range |
| Canadian Rockies | |
| parent_peak | Mystic Peak (2,960 m) |
| listing | Mountains of Alberta |
| country | Canada |
| part_type | Protected area |
| map | Canada Alberta#Canada |
| map_caption | Location in Alberta##Location in Canada |
| map_size | 260 |
| label_position | right |
| coordinates | |
| coordinates_ref | |
| topo | NTS |
| first_ascent | 1933 J. Packer, D. Day, V. Waters, J. Farish, W. Innes, L. DeCouteur, J. Sterlling, guided by Lawrence Grassi |
| :: |
| name = Mount Ishbel | photo = Mount Ishbel in Banff National Park.jpg | photo_caption = Mount Ishbel | elevation_m = 2908 | elevation_ref = | prominence_m = 431 | prominence_ref = | range = Sawback Range Canadian Rockies | parent_peak = Mystic Peak (2,960 m) | listing = Mountains of Alberta | country = Canada | region_type = Province | region = Alberta | part_type = Protected area | part = Banff National Park | map = Canada Alberta#Canada | map_caption = Location in Alberta##Location in Canada | map_size = 260 | label_position = right | coordinates = | coordinates_ref = | topo = NTS | first_ascent = 1933 J. Packer, D. Day, V. Waters, J. Farish, W. Innes, L. DeCouteur, J. Sterlling, guided by Lawrence Grassi | easiest_route =
Mount Ishbel is a mountain peak in Banff National Park of Alberta, Canada. The peak is located in the Sawback Range in Alberta's Rockies, north of the Bow Valley Parkway and east of Johnston Canyon.
It was named in 1956 after Ishbel MacDonald, the eldest daughter of Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald of Great Britain. It gives the name to the Ishbel Group, a stratigraphical unit of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. The peak is the subject of Group of Seven member Lawren Harris's painting Mountain Forms.
Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Ishbel is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.
Geology
Like other mountains in Banff Park, the mountain is composed of sedimentary rock laid down from the Precambrian to Jurassic periods. Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.
Gallery
Mount Ishbel blue sky.jpg|Mount Ishbel
References
References
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- "Mount Ishbel, Peakvisor.com".
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- "'Once in a lifetime' painting by Group of Seven founder headed to the auction block".
- {{Cite Köppen-Geiger cc 2007
- Gadd, Ben. (2008). "Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias".
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