Photo: Looking west-northwest to Mount Warspite from Highway #40
Mount Warspite
- 2850 m (9,350ft)
- Naming History
50.6811N -115.216W
Located in the Smith Dorrien Valley between Mount Black Prince and Mount Invincible
Range: Spray
Province: Alberta
Park: Kananaskis
Headwater: Bow
Visible from Highway: 40S, 742
Located in the Smith Dorrien Valley between Mount Black Prince and Mount Invincible
Range: Spray
Province: Alberta
Park: Kananaskis
Headwater: Bow
Visible from Highway: 40S, 742
Year Named: 1917
Named for: HMS Warspite was a cruiser which fought in the Battle of Jutland during WW I. Nicknamed "The Old Lady," she went on to serve in WW II as well.
Named for: HMS Warspite was a cruiser which fought in the Battle of Jutland during WW I. Nicknamed "The Old Lady," she went on to serve in WW II as well.
The general area containing Mount Warspite, Mount Invincible, and Mount Indefatigableis referred to as Mount Robinson on George Dawson's 1886 map of the Canadian Rockies.
Looking south-southeast to Mount Warspite (courtesy Sonny Bou)
Looking south-southeast to Mount Warspite (courtesy Sonny Bou)