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Looking north to Mount Northover from Warrior Mountain (courtesy Sonny Bou)

Mount Northover

  • 3048 m (10,000ft)
  • First Ascent
  • Naming History
50.5889N -115.240W
Located on the continental divide at the head of Three Isle Creek, the head of Aster Creek, and the head of Joffre Creek

Province: Alberta/BC
Park: Kananaskis
Headwater: Bow/Kootenay
Visible from Highway: 40S
Ascent Date: 1957
Ascent Party: P.J.B. Duffy, S.A. Heiberg, R.C. Hind, P. Ranier, I. Spreat
Year Named: 1917
Named for: Northover, Lieutenant A.W. (Lt. Northover served with the 28th Battalion C.E.F. during WW I.)

Looking west to Mount Northover from near Aster Lake (courtesy Sonny Bou)

Looking west-southwest to Mount Northover (Waka Nambe at left) from the old Elpoca Creek Bridge on Valleyview Trail

Photo: Looking west across Upper Kananaskis Lake to Mount Northover

Photo: Looking west to Mount Northover from near Aster Lake (courtesy Sonny Bou)