Mount Chown

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Mount Chown
Mount Chown is located in Alberta
Mount Chown
Mount Chown
Location in Alberta
Highest point
Elevation3,316 m (10,879 ft)[1]
Prominence1,746 m (5,728 ft)[2]
Listing
Geography
LocationAlberta, Canada
Topo mapNTS 83E/06
Climbing
First ascent1924 G. Hargeaves; W. Putman

Mount Chown is Alberta's 36th highest peak. It is named after the Reverend Samuel Dwight Chown. It is located in the northwest corner of Jasper National Park on the border with the Willmore Wilderness Park. It lies between two glaciers the Chown Glacier and the Resthaven Glacier.[3][4]

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