Mount Backus

Mount Backus is a summit in Alberta, Canada.

Mount Backus
Mount Backus
Location of Mount Amery in Alberta
Mount Backus
Mount Backus (Canada)
Highest point
Elevation1,815 m (5,955 ft)[1][2]
ListingMountains of Alberta
Coordinates49°26′09″N 114°16′21″W[3]
Geography
CountryCanada
ProvinceAlberta
Parent rangeCanadian Rockies
Topo mapNTS 82G8 Beaver Mines[3]
Geology
Type of rockSedimentary

Mount Backus has the name of a pioneer settler.[4]

References

  1. "Mount Backus". PeakFinder.com. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  2. "Topographic map of Mount Backus". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  3. "Mount Backus". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  4. Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 14.



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