Photo: Mount Tekarra from the west on the Icefields Parkway
Mount Tekarra
- 2694 m (8,839ft)
- First Ascent
- Naming History
52.8419N -117.940W
Located between the Athabasca River Valley and the Maligne River Valley
Range: Maligne
Province: Alberta
Park: Jasper
Headwater: Athabasca
Major Valley: Athabasca
Visible from Highway: 16, 93N
Located between the Athabasca River Valley and the Maligne River Valley
Range: Maligne
Province: Alberta
Park: Jasper
Headwater: Athabasca
Major Valley: Athabasca
Visible from Highway: 16, 93N
Ascent Date: 1915
Ascent Party: Morrison Bridgland
Ascent Party: Morrison Bridgland
Year Named: 1859
Named by: James Hector
Named for: Tekarra (Tekarra was an Indian guide who accompanied Hector on his explorations up the Athabasca River during the early months of 1859.)
Named by: James Hector
Named for: Tekarra (Tekarra was an Indian guide who accompanied Hector on his explorations up the Athabasca River during the early months of 1859.)
Photo: Mount Tekarra from the northwest on Highway 16, 4 km south of the Snaring River
Looking north to Mount Tekarra (courtesy David Wasserman)
Looking east to Mount Tekarra from Highway #16
Looking north to Mount Tekarra (courtesy Vern De Wit)
Looking east-northeast to Mount Tekarra