Photo: Looking northwest to Mount Stelfox from Highway #11
Mount Stelfox
- 2627 m (8,619ft)
- Naming History
52.2250N -116.552W
Located between Coral Creek and Whitegoat Creek; north-northwest across the Cline River from Sentinel Mountain
Province: Alberta
Headwater: Saskatchewan
Visible from Highway: 11
Located between Coral Creek and Whitegoat Creek; north-northwest across the Cline River from Sentinel Mountain
Province: Alberta
Headwater: Saskatchewan
Visible from Highway: 11
Year Named: 1956
Named for: Stelfox, Henry (Mr. Stelfox was pioneer of the Rocky Mountain House area who rendered long and distinguished service in the field of conservation.)
Named for: Stelfox, Henry (Mr. Stelfox was pioneer of the Rocky Mountain House area who rendered long and distinguished service in the field of conservation.)
The Earl of Southesk referred to the mountain as, "a precipitous wall of mountain, about ten miles (long), its height perhaps 2000 feet; in many places it is nearly perpendicular and the summit forms a continuous, serrated line."
Photo: Looking northwest to Mount Stelfox from Highway #11
Looking west to Mount Stelfox (courtesy Eric Coulthard)