Photo: Looking west to Mount Cumnock from Highway #16 at Disaster Point
Mount Cumnock
- 2460 m (8,071ft)
- Naming History
53.1672N -118.184W
Located in the Snake Indian River Valley on the west side near many un-named creeks
Range: Pierre-Jean De Smet
Province: Alberta
Park: Jasper
Headwater: Athabasca
Visible from Highway: 16
Located in the Snake Indian River Valley on the west side near many un-named creeks
Range: Pierre-Jean De Smet
Province: Alberta
Park: Jasper
Headwater: Athabasca
Visible from Highway: 16
Year Named: 1916
Named by: Morrison Bridgland
Named for: The mountain was named after Cumnock, Ayreshire, Scotland.
Named by: Morrison Bridgland
Named for: The mountain was named after Cumnock, Ayreshire, Scotland.
Cumnock was a village in Scotland and its name means "meeting of the waters." Two creeks which cut though the Pierre-Jean De Smet Range join the Snake Indian River immediately to the northeast of the mountain and this may explain why the name was chosen.
Photo: Looking west to Mount Cumnock from Highway #16 near Disaster Point