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January's Unusual Canadian Rockies name
MOUNT FIFI
Mount Edith, Mount Louis, and Mount Fifi
lie near the southern end of the Sawback Range, just north
of Banff townsite. They were all named one day in 1886 when Canada's first Prime Minister, Sir John A. MacDonald, and his wife were making a cross country trip on the recently completed Canadian Pacific Railway. Louis Stewart, the park superintendent's son, took Lady MacDonald's "attendant", Edith Orde, and her dog Fifi hiking to
what is now knowna as Edith Pass. The pass provides views of the three peaks and a park surveyor named them after the two hikers and the dog.
There are many mountains in the Rockies named after people but this may be the only
named after a dog. In 1911 a bulldog named Hoodoo, even though he had to be hauled up the final cliffs by a rope, reached the summit of a mountain near Snake Indian Pass in Jasper National Park and was honoured by having the peak named after him. Sadly, the name was never officially adopted and
in 1934 the peak was named Monte Cristo Mountain although no one knows why.
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January's estoteric list of mountainsMOUNTAINS
IN THE CANADIAN ROCKIES NAMED FOR THEIR COLOURS
Twenty-five peaks in the Rockies have names that were
inspired by the colour of the rock that the mountain is made
of.
Amber
Mountain, Mount Bistre, Black Mountain, Black Rock Mountain,
Blackface Mountain, Blackhorn Peak, Blackrock Mountain,
Bluerock Mountain, Chocolate Mountain, Cinnamon Peak, The
Comb, Ebon Peak, Erebus Mountain, Grisette Mountain, Indian
Ridge, Roche Noir, Mount Olive, Opal Peak, Purple Mountain,
Red Man Mountain, Redcap Mountain, Ruby Mountain, Ruby Ridge,
Rufus Peak, Shatch Mountain
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their names to find out all about these colourful peaks..
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Look who's honoured in the Canadian Rockies
SIR ERNEST HENRY SHACKLETON
Ernest Shackleton became a legendary figure in the history of Antarctic exploration following his attempt to be the first to cross the continent in 1914. Before he actually reached land, pack ice crushed his ship, the Endurance. Together with his 28 man crew, Shackleton sailed three wooden lifeboats through storm plagued seas to a deserted, wind swept island. With winter approaching and desperately short of supplies Shackleton led five of his crew on an incredible 1400 km sailing voyage to South Georgia Island
after which they hiked 35 km to a whaling settlement. Several months later Shackleton returned to the island upon which he had left the remainder of his crew and brought them out alive.
If you're interested in Shackleton T-Shirts and posters featuring the incredible photographs taken by Frank Hurley during this epic event visit www.endurancedesigns.com .
Enter Mount Shackleton to learn more about this peak.
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