Mount Olive (Canadian Rockies)

Mountain in Canada

Mount Olive

Mount Olive (left) with Saint Nicholas Peak (right) seen from Bow Lake

Highest point
Elevation| 3,126 m (10,256 ft)[1]
Prominence| 146 m (479 ft)[2]
Listing|

* Mountains of Alberta
* Mountains of British Columbia

Coordinates| 51°36′40″N 116°29′30″W﻿ / ﻿51.61111°N 116.49167°W﻿ / 51.61111; -116.49167[3]
Geography

Mount Olive

Location in Alberta

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Mount Olive

Location in British Columbia

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Mount Olive

Location in Canada

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Country| Canada
Provinces| Alberta and British Columbia
Protected areas|

* Banff National Park
* Yoho National Park

Parent range| Park Ranges
Canadian Rockies
Topo map| NTS 82N9 Hector Lake[3]
Climbing
First ascent| 1927 M. Cropley, F.A. Gambs, N.L. Goodrich, L. Grassi[1][2]

Mount Olive is located N of the head of the Yoho River on the Continental Divide, on the Alberta-British Columbia border, in both Banff National Park and Yoho National Park.[4] It lies on the eastern edge of the Wapta Icefield, and is part of the Waputik Mountains. It was named in 1898 by H.B. Dixon after his wife Dixon, Olive.[1][2][4]

## Geology

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The peak is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during 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

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Based on the Köppen climate classification, it 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.

## See also

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* List of peaks on the Alberta–British Columbia border

## Further reading

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* Birrell, Dave (2000). 50 Roadside Panoramas in the Canadian Rockies. Rocky Mountain Books. p. 51\. ISBN 978-0-921102-65-6. Retrieved 2021-07-11.

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Mount Olive". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2019-06-07.
2. ^ a b c "Mount Olive". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2019-06-07.
3. ^ a b "Mount Olive (Alberta)". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
4. ^ a b "Mount Olive". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
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.
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 (5): 1633–1644\. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. ISSN 1027-5606.1633-1644&rft.date=2007&rft.issn=1027-5606&rft_id=info:doi/10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007&rft_id=info:bibcode/2007HESS...11.1633P&rft.au=Peel,+M.+C.&rft.au=Finlayson,+B.+L.&rft.au=McMahon,+T.+A.&rft_id=https://doi.org/10.5194%2Fhess-11-1633-2007&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Mount+Olive+(Canadian+Rockies)" class="Z3988">

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* Athabasca
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see List of rivers of the Canadian Rockies and Category:Rivers of the Canadian Rockies

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* Mountain Stoney
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* Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site
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Historic Sites
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First Oil Well in Western Canada

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Ecozone and
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CEC ecozones

* Boreal Cordillera
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WWF ecoregions

* Alberta Mountain forests
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