Mount_Tuzo

Mount Tuzo

Mount Tuzo

Mountain peak in Alberta/British Columbia, Canada

Mount Tuzo is a mountain located within the Valley of the Ten Peaks in the Canadian Rockies, along the Continental Divide, which forms the provincial boundary between British Columbia and Alberta in Western Canada.[1][3][5] It also lies on the boundary shared by Banff National Park and Kootenay National Park.

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The mountain was named in 1907 after its first ascendant, Henrietta L. Tuzo. Tuzo was a charter member of the Alpine Club of Canada.[5][3] On his 1894 map, Samuel Allen had named the peak "Shagowa", which is the Nakoda word for seven as the mountain is seventh in order from south to north of the ten peaks.[3]

Geology

Like other mountains in Banff Park, Mount Tuzo is composed of sedimentary rock laid down from the Precambrian to Jurassic periods.[6] Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.[7]

Climate

Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Tuzo is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[8] Temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C.

See also

  • Tuzo (right of center) from Moraine Lake
  • Northwest aspect from Eiffel Lake

References

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    "Mount Tuzo". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
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    "Mount Tuzo (Alberta)". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
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    "Mount Tuzo". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
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    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.
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    Gadd, Ben (2008). "Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2010-01-01.
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    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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