Mount Tuzo

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title: "Mount Tuzo" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["three-thousanders-of-alberta", "three-thousanders-of-british-columbia", "mountains-of-banff-national-park", "mountains-of-kootenay-national-park", "bow-range", "great-divide-of-north-america"] description: "Mountain peak in Alberta/British Columbia, Canada" topic_path: "geography/united-kingdom" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Tuzo" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Mountain peak in Alberta/British Columbia, Canada ::

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Field	Value
name	Mount Tuzo
other_name	Shagowa
photo	Mount Tuzo, ne.jpg
photo_caption	Northeast aspect, right
elevation_m	3246
elevation_ref
prominence_m	210
prominence_ref
range	Bow Range
Canadian Rockies
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country	Canada
region_type	Provinces
region
part_type	Protected areas
part
map	Alberta#British Columbia#Canada
map_caption	Location in Alberta##Location in British Columbia##Location in Canada
label_position	right
coordinates
coordinates_ref
topo_maker	NTS
first_ascent	15 September 1906
Henrietta Tuzo, Christian Kaufmann
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Mount Tuzo is a mountain located within the Valley of the Ten Peaks in the Canadian Rockies, along the Continental Divide, which forms the provincial boundary between British Columbia and Alberta in Western Canada. It also lies on the boundary shared by Banff National Park and Kootenay National Park.

The mountain was named in 1907 after its first ascendant, Henrietta L. Tuzo. Tuzo was a charter member of the Alpine Club of Canada. On his 1894 map, Samuel Allen had named the peak "Shagowa", which is the Nakoda word for seven as the mountain is seventh in order from south to north of the ten peaks. NOTOC

Geology

Like other mountains in Banff Park, Mount Tuzo 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.

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Tuzo 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.

Gallery

File:DSC2528 Morraine Lake Banff National Park, Alberta.jpg|Tuzo (right of center) from Moraine Lake File:Mt. Tuzo, Eiffel Lake.jpg|Northwest aspect from Eiffel Lake

References

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