Mount Girouard
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Name=Mount Girouard | |
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Elevation | 2,995 metres (9,872 feet) |
Location | Alberta, Canada |
Range | Fairholme Range |
Coordinates | |
Topo map | NTS 82O/03 |
First ascent | 1938 by E.E. Bishop and D.R. Crosby |
Easiest route | rock climb |
Mount Girouard is the highest peak of the Fairholme Range in Banff National Park. Mt. Girouard is located in the Bow River valley south of Lake Minnewanka. The mountain was named in 1904 after Sir Edward Percy Girouard, a railway builder in Africa during the rule of the British Empire.
[edit] External link
- Mt. Girouard on Peakfinder - photos