Isabelle Peak is a
peak located on the
Continental Divide
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on the border of
Banff and
Kootenay National Park
Kootenay National Park is a national park of Canada located in southeastern British Columbia. The park consists of of the Canadian Rockies, including parts of the Kootenay and Park mountain ranges, the Kootenay River and the entirety of the Ve ...
s in the
Canadian Rockies
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.
Origin of the Name
The mountain was named in 1913 by
R.D. McCaw
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, who made a phototopographic survey along the route of the Banff-Windermere road. The survey was made for the British Columbia government. The name "Isabelle" given by McCaw to one of his photographic stations at the request of Mr. W.W. Bell, engineer in charge of construction of the Banff-Windermere Road at the time. Bell had asked McCaw to name a mountain after his wife Isabelle.
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Climbing
The Interprovincial Boundary Commission made the first ascent of the peak in 1913.[ A moderate/difficult scramble to the summit can be made on the southern slopes.][
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Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification
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, the mountain is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.
See also
* List of peaks on the British Columbia–Alberta border
References
External links
*
Isabelle Peak on Fresh-Oxygen
- route beta and photos
Two-thousanders of British Columbia
Two-thousanders of Alberta
Canadian Rockies
Great Divide of North America
Kootenay National Park
Mountains of Banff National Park
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