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Photo: Looking west to Mount Ware (Bluerock Mountain at left) from the Gorge Creek Road

Mount Ware

  • 2118 m (6,950ft)
  • Naming History
50.6714N -114.748W
Located north of Gorge Creek and east of its headwaters; south of Volcano Creek; 4 km east of Bluerock Mountain

Province: Alberta
Park: Kananaskis
Headwater: Bow
Year Named: 1951
Named for: Ware, John (A pioneer negro rancher, John Ware was well respected in southern Alberta following his arrival on a cattle drive in 1882.)

*A hiking route to the summit is described in Gillean Daffern's Kananaskis Country Trail Guide.

Photo: Looking northeast to Mount Ware