Curator Mountain is a mountain
summit
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The term (mountain top) is generally used only for ...
located in the
Maligne Range
The Maligne Range is a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies located directly southeast of Jasper townsite in Jasper National Park, Canada. The southern tail-end of the range finishes at Endless Chain Ridge.
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of
Jasper National Park
Jasper National Park, in Alberta, Canada, is the largest national park within Alberta's Rocky Mountains, spanning . It was established as Jasper Forest Park in 1907, renamed as a national park in 1930, and declared a UNESCO world heritage site ...
, in the
Canadian Rockies
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of
Alberta
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,
Canada
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. Curator Mountain was so named on account of its central location, as if it were the "custodian" of Shovel Pass.
The mountain was named in 1916 by Morrison P. Bridgland (1878-1948), a
Dominion Land Survey
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or who named many peaks in Jasper Park and the Canadian Rockies.
Geographical Names Board of Canada
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.[ Its nearest higher peak is Trowel Peak, to the southeast.][ Curator Mountain is composed of ]sedimentary rock
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laid down during the Cambrian
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period and pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny
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.
Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification
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, Curator Mountain is located in a subarctic climate
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with long, cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.Athabasca River
The Athabasca River (French: ''Rivière Athabasca'') in Alberta, Canada, originates at the Columbia Icefield in Jasper National Park and flows more than before emptying into Lake Athabasca. Much of the land along its banks is protected in nationa ...
.
Gallery
File:Curator Mountain from Skyline Trail.jpg, Curator Mountain from Skyline Trail
File:Curator Mountain, Jasper Park.jpg, Curator Mountain
See also
* Geography of Alberta
Alberta is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. Located in Western Canada, the province has an area of and is bounded to the south by the United States state of Montana along 49° north for ; to the east at 110° west b ...
References
External links
* Parks Canada web site
Jasper National Park
Two-thousanders of Alberta
Mountains of Jasper National Park
Maligne Range
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