Mount Magog

Mount Magog is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide in the Canadian Rockies. It also straddles the shared boundary of Banff National Park with Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park. It was named in 1930 after references in the Bible.[1][2]

Mount Magog
Mt. Magog (left) and Mt. Assiniboine (right)
Highest point
Elevation3,092 m (10,144 ft) [1]
Prominence188 m (617 ft) [2]
Parent peakMount Assiniboine (3616 m)[2]
Coordinates50°52′45″N 115°38′05″W [3][4]
Geography
Mount Magog
Location in Alberta and British Columbia
Mount Magog
Mount Magog (British Columbia)
CountryCanada
ProvincesAlberta and British Columbia
ParksBanff National Park and Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park
Parent rangePark Ranges[2]
Topo mapNTS 82J/13[3]
Climbing
First ascent1920 A.J. Gilmour, A.H. MacCarthy, A.W. Wakefield, F.N. Waterman[1][2]
Mount Magog

Geology

Mount Magog is composed of sedimentary rock laid down from the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.[5] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.[6]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Magog is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[7] Temperatures can drop below -20°C with wind chill factors below -30°C.

  • Magog Lake sunrise, Mt. Magog to left
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See also

References
  1. "Mount Magog". PeakFinder.com. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
  2. "Mount Magog". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
  3. "Mount Magog (BC)". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
  4. "Mount Magog". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
  5. Belyea, Helen R. (1960). The Story of the Mountains in Banff National Park (PDF). parkscanadahistory.com (Report). Ottawa: Geological Survey of Canada. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-10-02. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  6. Gadd, Ben (2008). "Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias". Missing or empty |url= (help)
  7. Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L. & McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11: 1633–1644. ISSN 1027-5606.


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