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Mount Peechee
Highest point
Elevation2,935 m (9,629 ft)[1]
Prominence160 m (520 ft)[2]
ListingMountains of Alberta
Coordinates51°12′35″N 115°22′38″W / 51.20972°N 115.37722°W / 51.20972; -115.37722[3]
Geography
Mount Peechee is located in Alberta
Mount Peechee
Mount Peechee
Mount Peechee is located in Canada
Mount Peechee
Mount Peechee
CountryCanada
ProvinceAlberta
Protected areaBanff National Park
Parent rangeFairholme Range
Topo mapNTS 82O3 Canmore[3]
Climbing
First ascent1929[1]
Easiest routerock climb

Mount Peechee is the third highest peak of the Fairholme Range in Banff National Park. Mt. Peechee is located immediately southeast of Mount Girouard in the Bow River valley south of Lake Minnewanka.

The mountain was named in 1884 by George Dawson after Indigenous guide Alexis Piché, who escorted George Simpson through the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies.[1]

  1. ^ a b c "Mt. Peechee". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
  2. ^ "Mount Peechee". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2009-01-02.
  3. ^ a b "Mount Peechee". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2019-08-02.

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