Mount McHarg

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Mount McHarg is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide. It was named in 1918 after Lieutenant Colonel William Frederick Richard Hart-McHarg, British Columbia Regiment. McHarg was a British Columbia lawyer who practised in Rossland, British Columbia before serving in the Boer War where he suffered near-fatal injuries. Vancouver's Georgia Viaduct was originally named McHarg Viaduct. ()

Coordinates: 50°37'34"N, 115°18'25"W

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Mount McHarg – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Warrior Mountain, Mount Nomad, Mount Lyautey, Mount Black Prince.

5.1 miSE
Mountain
Warrior Mountain, Height of the Rockies Provincial Park
130 min walk • Warrior Mountain is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide. It was named in 1917 after HMS Warrior. The first ascent of the mountain was made in 1930 by Kate Gardiner and Walter Feuz. The duo also made the first ascents of nearby Mount Sarrail and Mount Lyautey that same year.
4.9 miNE
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Mount Nomad
127 min walk • Mount Nomad is a 2,544-metre mountain summit located in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada.
4 miSE
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Mount Lyautey
102 min walk • Mount Lyautey is a 3,045-metre mountain summit located in Kananaskis Country in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Mount Lyautey is situated 2.0 kilometres east of the Continental Divide, within Peter Lougheed Provincial Park.
5.5 miNE
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Mount Black Prince
140 min walk • Mount Black Prince is a 2,939-metre mountain summit located in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Its nearest higher peak is Mount Smith Dorrien, 5.8 km to the northwest. The mountain can be seen from highway 742, also known as Smith-Dorrien/Spray Trail.
0.4 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Worthington
12 min walk • Mount Worthington is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide. It was named in 1956 after Lt. Col.
3.9 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Northover
100 min walk • 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 to the north-northeast. It was named in 1917 after Lieutenant A.W. Northover, M.C. of the C.E.F. one of western Canada's first war heroes.
6.7 miNE
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Peter Lougheed Provincial Park
171 min walk • Peter Lougheed Provincial Park is a provincial park located in Alberta, Canada. The park is in Kananaskis Country about 90 kilometres west of Calgary, along the Kananaskis Trail. This park is within Alberta's Rocky Mountains.
5.5 miNE
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Mount Warspite
140 min walk • Mount Warspite is a 2,860-metre mountain summit located in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. The peak is visible from the Smith-Dorrien Road, and Alberta Highway 40 in the Kananaskis Lakes area. Mount Warspite's nearest higher peak is Mount Black Prince, 2.4 km to the northwest.
3.1 miN
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Mount Beatty, Height of the Rockies Provincial Park
79 min walk • Mount Beatty is a mountain located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide. It was named in 1924 after David Beatty, a British naval officer of Irish ancestry who commanded ships in the First World War.
5 miW
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Mount Prince Henry, Height of the Rockies Provincial Park
128 min walk • Mount Prince Henry is a remote 3,219-metre mountain summit located in Height of the Rockies Provincial Park, in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, Canada.
2.5 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Putnik
64 min walk • Mount Putnik is a mountain located north of Three Isle Creek and west of the Kananaskis River in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park Alberta, Canada. The mountain is named after the Serbian Field Marshal Radomir Putnik.