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Wampum Peak

  • 2850 m (9,350ft)
  • First Ascent
  • Naming History
51.8986N -116.031W
Located at the head of Ranger Creek, east of Indianhead Creek;

Province: Alberta
Park: Banff
Headwater: Saskatchewan
Ascent Date: 1919
Ascent Party: Morrison Bridgland
Year Named: 1928
Named by: Topographical Survey
Named for: The mountain may have strata resembling beads made of shells and string which were used as currency and decoration by the Indians.