De Smet Range

Mountain range of the Canadian Rockies
De Smet Range is located in Alberta
De Smet Range
De Smet Range
CountryCanadaProvinceAlbertaProtected areaJasper National ParkRange coordinates53°09′39″N 118°09′09″W / 53.16083°N 118.15250°W / 53.16083; -118.15250[3]Parent rangeCanadian RockiesTopo mapNTS 83E1 Snaring River[3]

The De Smet Range is a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies located northwest of Highway 16 and Jasper Lake in Jasper National Park, Canada. The range is named after its highest point Roche de Smet, which in turn was named by Iroquois working in the fur trade industry. The Iroquois named the peak after Pierre-Jean De Smet, a Belgian missionary who had worked with the indigenous peoples in the 1840s in Rupert's Land, the North-Western Territory, the Oregon Country and the United States.[4]

This range includes the following mountains and peaks:[5]

Mountain/Peak Elevation (m/ft)
Roche de Smet 2,539 8,330
Mount Cumnock 2,460 8,070
Mount Bistre 2,346 7,697
Mount Greenock 2,065 6,775

See also

References

  1. ^ "Roche Pierre-Jean De Smet". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2022-09-18.
  2. ^ "Roche de Smet". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  3. ^ a b "De Smet Range". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  4. ^ "De Smet Range". Bivouac Mountain Encyclopedia. Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2009-01-10.
  5. ^ "De Smet Range". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2009-01-10.
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