Mount Northover is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide. The nearest higher peak is Mount Lyautey, 2.0 km (1.2 mi) to the north-northeast.[3] It was named in 1917 after Lieutenant A.W. Northover, M.C., one of western Canada's first war heroes. Northover had recently migrated there from the United Kingdom and started a new family there.

A Boer War veteran, Northover enlisted at Regina in the North-West Battalion. He served with the 28th Battalion, C.E.F.,[6] and was awarded the Military Cross for action taken on Oct. 8, 1915. In 1916 he returned to Canada on a speaking tour, visiting relatives in Edmonton.[1][7]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Northover is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[8] Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Mount Northover". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
  2. ^ "Topographic map of Mount Northover". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
  3. ^ a b c d "Mount Northover". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2018-11-28.
  4. ^ a b "Mount Northover (Alberta)". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
  5. ^ Kane, Alan (2016). "Mount Northover". Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies (3rd ed.). Calgary: Rocky Mountain Books. Kindle Edition. ISBN 978-1-77160-098-9.
  6. ^ "Mount Northover". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
  7. ^ Mount Northover; Edmonton Bulletin, June 16, 1916
  8. ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11: 1633–1644. ISSN 1027-5606.
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