Mount William Booth was named in 1965 after William Booth, the founder of the Salvation Army.[1] It is part of the Ram Range in Alberta, Canada, and situated near the southern end of Abraham Lake. It is located in the North Saskatchewan River valley of the Canadian Rockies, and can be seen from the David Thompson Highway east of Saskatchewan Crossing.
| Mount William Booth | |
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 2,728 m (8,950 ft)[1][2] |
| Prominence | 795 m (2,608 ft)[3] |
| Listing | Mountains of Alberta |
| Coordinates | 52°05′22″N 116°19′14″W / 52.0894444°N 116.3205556°W[4] |
| Geography | |
  Mount William Booth Location in Alberta  Mount William Booth Mount William Booth (Canada) | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Alberta |
| Parent range | Ram Range |
| Topo map | NTS 83C1 Whiterabbit Creek[4] |
Climate
editBased on the Köppen climate classification, Mount William Booth is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[5] Temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C.
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Mount William Booth
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Mount William Booth". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
- ^ "Topographic map of Mount William Booth". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
- ^ "Mount William Booth". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
- ^ a b "Mount William Booth". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
- ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L. & McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11: 1633–1644. ISSN 1027-5606.