Rocky Mountains


Commence in New Mexico, and extend north to the

Arctic coast, west of the Mackenzie River. The highest known peaks in

the Canadian Rockies are Mount Brown (16,000 feet) and Mount Hooker

(15,690 feet). The general altitude of the range varies from 10,000 to

14,000 feet. The following are the principal passes in Canada: Boundary,

6030 feet above the sea; Kootenay, 5960 feet; Crow's Nest, 4845 feet;

Kananaski, 5985 feet; Vermillion, 4947 feet; Kicking Horse, 5420 feet;

Howse, 6347 feet; Athabaska, 7300 feet; Yellowhead, 3760 feet; Peace,

2000 feet. =Index=: (Wolfe / Montcalm era) Discovered by La Verendrye, 19. (Sir James Douglas era) Crossed by

Mackenzie, 54; by David Thompson, 58; by Simon Fraser, 59; by Lewis and

Clarke, 67. =Bib.=: White, Atlas of Canada; Lovell, Gazetteer of

Canada.



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