Watchman Peak
- 3009 m (9,872ft)
- First Ascent
- Naming History
52.0411N -117.233W
Located on the continental divide at the headwaters of the Castleguard River; southwest buttress of Thompson Pass
Province: Alberta/BC
Park: Banff
Headwater: Saskatchewan/Columbia
Located on the continental divide at the headwaters of the Castleguard River; southwest buttress of Thompson Pass
Province: Alberta/BC
Park: Banff
Headwater: Saskatchewan/Columbia
Ascent Date: 1918
Ascent Party: Interprovincial Boundary Commission
Ascent Party: Interprovincial Boundary Commission
Year Named: 1902
Named by: James Outram
Named for: The mountain was named by James Outram because he felt that it struck him as sentinel-like as he ascended the valley towards Thompson Pass.
Named by: James Outram
Named for: The mountain was named by James Outram because he felt that it struck him as sentinel-like as he ascended the valley towards Thompson Pass.
Of his naming of the mountain, James Outram wrote, "We emerged (from the forest) upon the shores of a delightful lake; a splendid, rocky pinnacle, which I called Watchman Peak, towers like a sentinel 4000 feet above the vivid, blue-green waters, which are fringed on three sides by firs and pines." The Watchtower in the Maligne Lake Valley of Jasper National Park, Watch Tower in the Cataract Brook Valley of Yoho National Park, and Watchman Peak near Thompson Pass are sometimes confused.