The Fairholme Range is a mountain range east of the Bow River valley in the Canadian Rockies. The range is bounded on the west side by the Trans-Canada Highway as it passes through the towns of Exshaw and Canmore, while the northern section of the range extends into Banff National Park to the southern shores of Lake Minnewanka. John Palliser named the range in 1859 after his sister Grace Fairholme, who had married William Fairholme.

In the spring and summer of 2003, Parks Canada performed a prescribed burn in selected areas of the range in order to reduce fire hazard, manage the pine beetle population and increase sheep habitat. In total, 5300 hectares of land were affected.

List of mountains

Peaks of this range include:

NameElevationProminenceCoordinates
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Mount Girouard2,9959,8261,4554,77451°14′10″N 115°24′11″W/51.23611°N 115.40306°W/ 51.23611; -115.40306
Mount Inglismaldie2,9649,72416052051°14′30″N 115°25′16″W/51.24167°N 115.42111°W/ 51.24167; -115.42111
Mount Peechee2,9359,62916052051°12′35″N 115°22′38″W/51.20972°N 115.37722°W/ 51.20972; -115.37722
Mount Charles Stewart2,8099,2163631,19151°9′18″N 115°19′59″W/51.15500°N 115.33306°W/ 51.15500; -115.33306
Grotto Mountain2,7068,87823878151°5′16″N 115°16′5″W/51.08778°N 115.26806°W/ 51.08778; -115.26806
Mount Fable2,7028,86520366651°7′6″N 115°13′40″W/51.11833°N 115.22778°W/ 51.11833; -115.22778
Mount Lady Macdonald2,6068,5507524651°7′20″N 115°19′0″W/51.12222°N 115.31667°W/ 51.12222; -115.31667
Princess Margaret Mountain2,5158,2513812551°9′32″N 115°22′8″W/51.15889°N 115.36889°W/ 51.15889; -115.36889
Anûkathâ Îpa2,5148,2483411251°8′10″N 115°20′16″W/51.13611°N 115.33778°W/ 51.13611; -115.33778
Association Peak2,3627,74910233551°10′50″N 115°7′34″W/51.18056°N 115.12611°W/ 51.18056; -115.12611
Grotto Mountain in 2005

Anûkathâ Îpa is the official name as of 2020 of a mountain that previously held a racist and offensive name.

Further reading

  • Patton, Brian; Robinson, Bart (31 March 2011). . pp. 16, 32. ISBN 9780978237509.
  • Patton, Brian (July 2007). . pp. 13–14, 41. ISBN 9780978237523.

External links

Media related to Fairholme Range at Wikimedia Commons