Balfour, Mount
Mount Balfour and Waputik Icefield in the Mountain Region of Alberta.
| Category : Mountain | |
This mountain, 3272 m in altitude, was named by Sir James Hector (see Mount Hector) in 1859 after Professor John Hitton Balfour, M.D. (1808-1884). He founded the Botanical Society of Edinburgh in 1836 and was a professor of botany at Glasgow University and Dean of the Medical School at the University of Edinburgh. |
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Approximately 75 km north-west of Banff on the Alberta-B.C. boundary. |
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| Location Name : | Hector Lake |
| Elevation Height : | 3,272 m. |
| National Topographic System (NTS) : | 82 N/9 |
| Sub Section | Section | Township | Range | Meridian | |
| 16-30-18-W5 | |
| Latitude (N) | Longitude (W) | |
| 51° 34' N 116° 28' W | |
| The content above is directly derived from : | |
| Place Names of Alberta - Volume I Mountains, Mountain Parks and Foothills |
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