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Goat Range (Alberta)
The Goat Range is a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies in southwestern Alberta, Canada. It is a part of the Front Ranges of the Southern Continental Ranges and lies on the western edge of Kananaskis Country, on the boundary between Spray Valley Provincial Park and Banff National Park. To the east, the Spray Lakes Reservoir separates the Goat Range from the Kananaskis Range The Kananaskis Range is a mountain range west of the Kananaskis River in the Continental Ranges of the Canadian Rockies. Many of the peaks are named after ships and people involved in the Battle of Jutland. Mount Bogart is named after D.B. Dowl ..., to the north-east, Goat Creek separates it from Mount Rundle, and to the south-west, the Spray River separates it from Sundance Range. It covers an area of about 115 km², extending about 25 km in a NNW-SSE direction with a width ranging between 4 and 6 km. The highest peak is Old Goat Mountain (3109 m), located near the southern end of the ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spray Lakes Reservoir
Spray Lakes Reservoir is a reservoir in Alberta, Canada. The Spray Lakes were a string of lakes formed along the Spray River, a tributary of the Bow River. With the damming of the river, the lakes were united in the Spray Lakes Reservoir. It lies between the Goat Range and the Three Sisters ridge, at an elevation of . The lake is followed by Highway 742 (Smith-Dorrien Trail) in the northern part. The Lake is impounded by two embankment dams; the 28-metre-high ''Canyon Dam'' is near the southern end of the reservoir and blocks the main outlet of the river in a north-northwestern direction, while the secondary 13-metre-high ''Three Sisters Dam'' at the northern end of the reservoir provides the outlet for the diverted water way and contains a small 3 MW powerhouse. The two dams and the lake were created in 1951 as part of the Spray Hydro Electric Project. From the Three Sisters Dam the water is diverted into a secondary reservoir known as the ''Goat Pond'' which directs the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spray Valley Provincial Park
Spray Valley Provincial Park is a provincial park located east of the Canadian Rockies, Rocky Mountains, along the Spray River in western Alberta, Canada. The park is part of the Kananaskis Country park system, along with Bluerock Wildland Provincial Park, Bow Valley Provincial Park, Bow Valley Wildland Provincial Park, Canmore, Alberta#Canmore Nordic Centre, Canmore Nordic Centre Provincial Park, Don Getty Wildland Provincial Park, Elbow-Sheep Wildland Provincial Park, Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Plateau Mountain Ecological Reserve, Sheep River Provincial Park and numerous designated provincial recreational areas. Spray Valley borders Banff National Park to the west. Spray Valley Provincial Park falls under the jurisdiction of Alberta Culture and on-site management is delegated to ''Cedar & Spruce Campgrounds''. History Spray Valley mountains, Mount Shark and Mount Sparrowhawk were designated as sites to host Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics, alpine skiing ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
