Mount Girouard

Mount Girouard
Mount Inglismaldie (left) and Mount Girouard (right)
Elevation	2,995 m (9,826 ft) [1]
Prominence	1,455 m (4,774 ft) [2]
Location
Mount Girouard Location in Alberta
Location	Alberta  Canada
Range	Fairholme Range
Coordinates	51°14′15″N 115°24′05″W / 51.2375°N 115.40139°W / 51.2375; -115.40139Coordinates: 51°14′15″N 115°24′05″W / 51.2375°N 115.40139°W / 51.2375; -115.40139[1]
Topo map	NTS 82O/03
Climbing
First ascent	1938 by E.E. Bishop and D.R. Crosby[1][2]
Easiest route	rock climb

Mount Girouard is the highest peak of the Fairholme Range in Banff National Park, Canada. Mt. Girouard is located in the Bow River valley south of Lake Minnewanka.

The mountain was named in 1904 after Sir Édouard Girouard, a railway builder in Africa during the rule of the British Empire.^[1][2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} "Mount Girouard". PeakFinder. http://www.peakfinder.com/peakfinder.asp?PeakName=Mount+Girouard. Retrieved 2004-09-29. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} "Mount Girouard". Bivouac.com. http://www.bivouac.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=1510. Retrieved 2008-05-25.