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Canadian Rockies

Range Type	Mountain range with well-recognized name
Highest Point	Mount Robson (3959 m/12,989 ft)
Countries	Canada
States/Provinces	Alberta (65%), British Columbia (35%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	93,409 sq km / 36,065 sq mi Area may include lowland areas
Extent	603 km / 375 mi North-South 506 km / 314 mi East-West
Center Lat/Long	51° 53' N; 117° 14' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Canadian Rockies
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Canadian Rockies.

Rocky Mountains	Level 2 (Parent)
Far Northern Rockies	Level 3 (Sibling)
Canadian Rockies	Level 3
Northern Continental Ranges	Level 4 (Child)
Central Main Ranges	Level 4 (Child)
Central Front Ranges	Level 4 (Child)
Southern Continental Ranges	Level 4 (Child)
Central Montana Rocky Mountains	Level 3 (Sibling)
Idaho-Bitterroot Rocky Mountains	Level 3 (Sibling)
Greater Yellowstone Rockies	Level 3 (Sibling)
Western Rocky Mountains	Level 3 (Sibling)
Southern Rocky Mountains	Level 3 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Canadian Rockies

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range4
1.	Mount Robson	3959	12,989	Northern Continental Ranges
2.	Mount Columbia	3741	12,274	Central Main Ranges
3.	North Twin	3733	12,247	Central Main Ranges
4.	Mount Clemenceau	3664	12,021	Central Main Ranges
5.	Twins Tower	3627	11,900	Central Main Ranges
6.	Mount Alberta	3618	11,870	Central Main Ranges
7.	Mount Forbes	3617	11,867	Central Main Ranges
8.	Mount Assiniboine	3616	11,864	Southern Continental Ranges
9.	South Twin	3581	11,749	Central Main Ranges
10.	Mount Goodsir	3567	11,703	Southern Continental Ranges
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Child Range High Points
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range4
1.	Mount Robson	3959	12,989	Northern Continental Ranges
2.	Mount Columbia	3741	12,274	Central Main Ranges
3.	Mount Assiniboine	3616	11,864	Southern Continental Ranges
4.	Mount Brazeau	3500+	11,483+	Central Front Ranges

Photos of Peaks in the Canadian Rockies

Mount Robson Lupe at Berg Lake with Mt. Robson across the lake. Mt. Robson Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada (2013-07-30). Photo by Lupe !. Click here for larger-size photo.	Mount Columbia The summit pyramid of Mount Columbia rises from the relatively flat expanse of a lobe of its namesake icefield (2012-04-08). Click here for larger-size photo.
Twins Tower Descending the north ridge of North Twin towards the magnificent south ridge of Twins Tower - one of the most aesthetic lines in Canadian Rockies with about 2000m shear exposure on each side. (2015-05-09). Photo by Steven Song. Click here for larger-size photo.	Mount Alberta Mt. Alberta - most difficult 11,000er of Canadian Rockies, seen from the summit of Mt. Woolley. (2014-09-06). Photo by Steven Song. Click here for larger-size photo.
Mount Forbes Our route up lower Forbes North Glacier (2022-07-20). Photo by John Mcmechan. Click here for larger-size photo.	Mount Assiniboine Mount Assiniboine (2015.04.28). Photo by Serguei Okountsev. Click here for larger-size photo.
Mount Temple Mt. Temple from the Trans-Canada Hwy 1 (2011-08-08). Photo by Richard Hensley. Click here for larger-size photo.	Mount Bryce Mount Bryce from the summit of Mt.Athabasca (2016-05-14). Photo by Serguei Okountsev. Click here for larger-size photo.
Mount Athabasca Mount Athabasca and the Columbia Icefield are barely visible through the clouds in this view from Mount Wilcox (1992-08-07).	Hungabee Mountain Hungabee Mountain from Mount Temple (2015-07-09). Photo by Serguei Okountsev. Click here for larger-size photo.

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