- Mount Ishbel
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Mount Ishbel Location in Alberta Elevation 2,908 m (9,541 ft) [1] Prominence 431 m (1,414 ft) Location Location Alberta, Canada Range Sawback Range Coordinates 51°27′29″N 116°01′23″W / 51.45806°N 116.02306°WCoordinates: 51°27′29″N 116°01′23″W / 51.45806°N 116.02306°W Topo map NTS 82O/05 Climbing First ascent 1933 J. Packer, D. Day, V. Waters, J. Farish, W. Innes, L DeCouteur, J. Sterlling guided by Lawrence Grassi Mount Ishbel is a mountain peak in Alberta, Canada.
The peak is located in the Sawback Range in Alberta's Rockies,[2][3] north of the Bow Valley Parkway and east of Johnston Canyon.
It was named in 1956 after Ishbel MacDonald was the eldest daughter of Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald of Great Britain. It gives the name to the Ishbel Group, a stratigraphical unit of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.
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Categories:- Mountains of Alberta
- Alberta's Rockies geography stubs
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