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Looking northeast to Mount Arethusa from Highwood Ridge (courtesy Sonny Bou)

Mount Arethusa

  • 2912 m (9,554ft)
  • Naming History
50.6075N -114.967W
Located northeast of Highwood Pass at the head of Storm Creek; at the head of Burns Creek

Range: Misty
Province: Alberta
Park: Kananaskis
Headwater: Bow
Major Valley: Highwood
Visible from Highway: 40S
Year Named: 1917
Named for: HMS Arethusa was a Royal Navy light cruiser which was sunk by a mine on 11 February, 1916 during WW I.

The ridge connecting Mount Rae and Mount Arethusa has been unofficially named King Ridge to honour Don King and his friends for their explorations in the Misty Range.

Photo: Looking southeast to Mount Arethusa from Pocaterra Ridge

Looking northeast to Mount Arethusa from Highwood Ridge

Photo: Looking northeast to Mount Arethusa from the head of Storm Creek on Highway #40