Photo: Mount French from the southeast on Mount Jellico (courtesy Alan Kane)
Mount French
- 3234 m (10,611ft)
- First Ascent
- Naming History
50.7297N -115.305W
Located north of the Haig Glacier at the headwaters of French Creek
Range: Spray
Province: Alberta
Park: Kananaskis
Headwater: Bow
Major Valley: Kananaskis
Located north of the Haig Glacier at the headwaters of French Creek
Range: Spray
Province: Alberta
Park: Kananaskis
Headwater: Bow
Major Valley: Kananaskis
Ascent Date: 1921
Ascent Party: H.S. Hall jr., M. Morton jr.
Ascent Guide: Edward Feuz jr.
Ascent Party: H.S. Hall jr., M. Morton jr.
Ascent Guide: Edward Feuz jr.
Year Named: 1915
Named by: Morrison Bridgland
Named for: French, John Denton Pinkstone (After commanding the British Forces during the first sixteen months of WW I, French was named first Earl of Ypres in 1922.)
Named by: Morrison Bridgland
Named for: French, John Denton Pinkstone (After commanding the British Forces during the first sixteen months of WW I, French was named first Earl of Ypres in 1922.)