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Backus, Mount

Category : Mountain
 

This locally well-established name commemorates a homesteader who lived in the area. The mountain is 1815 m in altitude.

Approximately 25 km south-west of Pincher Creek.

Location Name : Beaver Mines
Elevation Height : 1,815 m.
National Topographic System (NTS) : 82 G/8
 
Sub Section | Section | Township | Range | Meridian
5-3-W5
 
Latitude (N) | Longitude (W)
49° 26' N 114° 16' W
 
The content above is directly derived from :
Place Names of Alberta - Volume I
Mountains, Mountain Parks and Foothills

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