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August's Unusual Canadian Rockies Name
STUART KNOB
Although not nearly as attractive as Castle Mountain (or as attractively named), this feature that stands at the head of the valley to the northeast of Castle Mountain is only a few metres lower in elevation.
Stuart Benjamin Walcott was the son of Charles and Helena Walcott. Charles was the geologist who discovered the Burgess Shale fossils. Stuart worked with him in the field and was active in other early explorations in the Rockies and with the Alpine Club of Canada.
Enter "Stuart Knob" in the Finding Peaks search box to learn more about this mountain. Enter "Charles Walcott" in the Finding People search box to learn about this interesting individual.
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QUINCY COLEMAN
Arthur P. Coleman was a Professor of Geology at the University of Toronto who travelled widely in the northern Rockies beginning in 1884. He is also the author of "The Canadian Rockies -Old Trails and New."
Less well known is his brother, Lucius Quincy Coleman, who ranched in the Morley area of the Bow Valley. Mount Quincy was named by Professor Coleman in 1892, perhaps to honour their mother's family name but more likely to honour his brother. In his book, Professor Coleman praises Quincy highly for his ability in packing, tracking, and cooking and for his pleasant disposition. One of Quincy Coleman's neighbours at Morley referred to him as, "a man of sterling character and a gentleman in every way."
It was Quincy who had the connections with the natives and the experience to lead Coleman's expedition from Morley, in the Bow Valley, through remote passes such as Whiterabbit and others to reach the upper Athabasca River.
During his 1892 visit to the Rockies, Arthur Coleman left his packhorses and "tramped" up the Chaba River in search of the elusive Mount Brown and Mount Hooker. Following the third night out, "The morning was brilliant and we left our bundles under the tree to climb a few thousand feet for an outlook. Fortress Mountain, as we named it, proved a harder proposition than we expected, and at 7,700 feet we halted at the foot of a vertical wall, with the valley and its creeks and rivers spread out more than three thousand feet below, and a grand array of mountains near its head a few miles to the south, the finest of which we afterwards called Mount Quincy."
For information about Mount Quincy enter the name in the Finding Peaks search box on the main page. For information regarding Arthur Coleman and his explorations in the Canadian Rockies enter his name in the Finding People search box.
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MOUNTAINS NAMED FOR BIRDS
The following peaks in the Canadian Rockies are named after birds or have some connection with them.
Aquila Mountain (BC), Aquila Mountain (Alberta), Chak Peak, Chetang Ridge, Crowsnest Mountain, Eagle Mountain, Eagle Ridge, Golden Eagle Peak, Hawk Ridge, Hawk Mountain, Pigeon Mountain, Poboktan Mountain, Ptarmigan Peak, Titkana Peak, Whitecrow Mountain
For information regarding any of these peaks enter the name in the "Finding Peaks" section on the front page.
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