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Mount Watson is a 2,955-metre (9,695-foot) mountain summit located in Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park, in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, Canada. The nearest higher peak is The Marshall, 2.0 km (1.2 mi) to the southeast. [1]
The Canadian Rockies have numerous high peaks and ranges, such as Mount Robson (3,954 metres; 12,972 feet) and Mount Columbia (3,747 m; 12,293 ft). The Canadian Rockies are composed of shale and limestone. Much of the range is protected by national and provincial parks, several of which collectively comprise a World Heritage Site.
Mount Robson Provincial Park is a provincial park in the Canadian Rockies with an area of 2,249 km 2. The park is located entirely within British Columbia, bordering Jasper National Park in Alberta. The B.C. legislature created the park in 1913, the same year as the first ascent of Mount Robson by a party led by Conrad Kain.
That year the UNESCO World Heritage Committee "requested the Canadian authorities to consider adding the adjacent Provincial Parks of Mount Robson, Hamber, Mount Assiniboine and Kananaskis" [2] to the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks site. At a 1990 meeting, "the Committee welcomed the Canadian proposal to include, in the Rocky Mountains Parks ...
A list of highest mountains and peaks in the Canadian Rockies over 3,000 m (9,800 ft) is shown below. Sources for the elevation, prominence and first ascent can be found in their respective pages. Sources for the elevation, prominence and first ascent can be found in their respective pages.
There is no universally accepted hierarchical division of the Canadian Rockies into subranges. [1] [2] For ease of navigation only, this article follows [1] and divides the Canadian Rockies into Far Northern Rockies, Northern Continental Ranges, Central Main Ranges, Central Front Ranges and Southern Continental Ranges, each of these subdivided in distinct areas and ranges.