Mount Daly is located on the border of
Alberta
Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...
and
British Columbia
British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include ...
. It was named in 1898 by Charles E. Fay after
Charles P. Daly
Charles Patrick Daly (October 13, 1816 – September 19, 1899) was a member of the New York State Assembly, Chief Justice of the New York Court of Common Pleas, president of the American Geographical Society, and an author of several books.
Ea ...
, a geographer.
Mount Niles
Mount Niles is a summit located in the Waputik Range of Yoho National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, Canada. The nearest higher peak is Mount Daly, to the immediate northeast. Takakkaw Falls is situated four km to the wes ...
is located two km southwest of Daly.
Geology
Like other mountains in Banff Park, Mount Daly is composed of sedimentary rock
Sedimentary rocks are types of rock that are formed by the accumulation or deposition of mineral or organic particles at Earth's surface, followed by cementation. Sedimentation is the collective name for processes that cause these particle ...
laid down during the Precambrian
The Precambrian (or Pre-Cambrian, sometimes abbreviated pꞒ, or Cryptozoic) is the earliest part of Earth's history, set before the current Phanerozoic Eon. The Precambrian is so named because it preceded the Cambrian, the first period of th ...
to Jurassic
The Jurassic ( ) is a Geological period, geologic period and System (stratigraphy), stratigraphic system that spanned from the end of the Triassic Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Cretaceous Period, approximately Mya. The J ...
periods.Laramide orogeny
The Laramide orogeny was a time period of mountain building in western North America, which started in the Late Cretaceous, 70 to 80 million years ago, and ended 35 to 55 million years ago. The exact duration and ages of beginning and end of the o ...
.
Climate
Based on the Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, nota ...
, Mount Daly is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.
See also
*List of peaks on the Alberta–British Columbia border
This is a list of peaks on the Alberta–British Columbia border, being the spine of the Continental Divide from the Canada–United States border
The border between Canada and the United States is the longest international border in the wo ...
References
Daly Daly or DALY may refer to:
Places Australia
* County of Daly, a cadastral division in South Australia
* Daly River, Northern Territory, a locality
* Electoral division of Daly, an electorate in the Northern Territory
* Daly, Northern Territory, a ...
Daly Daly or DALY may refer to:
Places Australia
* County of Daly, a cadastral division in South Australia
* Daly River, Northern Territory, a locality
* Electoral division of Daly, an electorate in the Northern Territory
* Daly, Northern Territory, a ...
Daly Daly or DALY may refer to:
Places Australia
* County of Daly, a cadastral division in South Australia
* Daly River, Northern Territory, a locality
* Electoral division of Daly, an electorate in the Northern Territory
* Daly, Northern Territory, a ...
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