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Canadian Great Plains

Range Type	Miscellaneous physical or political Feature
Highest Point	West Butte (6983 ft/2128 m)
Countries	Canada (89%), United States (10%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
States/Provinces	Alberta (40%), Saskatchewan (30%), Manitoba (11%), Montana (6%), Northwest Territories (6%), North Dakota (5%), British Columbia (4%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	538,896 sq mi / 1,395,740 sq km Area may include lowland areas
Extent	991 mi / 1,595 km North-South 1,100 mi / 1,770 km East-West
Center Lat/Long	54° 41' N; 110° 19' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Canadian Great Plains
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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 Great Plains.

Great Plains	Level 3 (Parent)
Canadian Great Plains	Level 4
Hay-Slave-Liard Plains	Level 5 (Child)
Caribou Mountains	Level 5 (Child)
Hay-Peace Plains	Level 5 (Child)
North-Central Alberta Plains	Level 5 (Child)
Central Alberta-Saskatchewan Plains	Level 5 (Child)
North-Central Alberta-Saskatchewan Plains	Level 5 (Child)
Western International Border Area Plains	Level 5 (Child)
Central International Border Area Plains	Level 5 (Child)
East Saskatchewan Plains	Level 5 (Child)
Manitoba Area Plains	Level 5 (Child)
Northern US Great Plains	Level 4 (Sibling)
Black Hills	Level 4 (Sibling)
Central Great Plains	Level 4 (Sibling)
Southern Great Plains	Level 4 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Canadian Great Plains

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range5
1.	West Butte	6983	2128	Western International Border Area Plains
2.	Mount Brown	6958	2121	Western International Border Area Plains
3.	Bearpaw Baldy	6916	2108	Western International Border Area Plains
4.	Mount Royal	6914	2107	Western International Border Area Plains
5.	Gold Butte	6512	1985	Western International Border Area Plains
6.	Wellen Peak	6360+	1939+	Western International Border Area Plains
7.	East Bearpaw Mountains High Point	5960+	1817+	Western International Border Area Plains
8.	Big John Butte	5952	1814	Western International Border Area Plains
9.	Mount Lebanon	5807	1770	Western International Border Area Plains
10.	Centennial Mountain	5806	1770	Western International Border Area Plains
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	ft	m	Range5
1.	West Butte	6983	2128	Western International Border Area Plains
2.	Ruby Mountain	6217	1895	Hay-Slave-Liard Plains
3.	Swan Hills High Point	4500+	1372+	North-Central Alberta Plains
4.	Division 13 High Point	4140	1262	Central Alberta-Saskatchewan Plains
5.	South Pinto Butte	3425+	1044+	Central International Border Area Plains
6.	Caribou Mountains High Point	3301	1006	Caribou Mountains
7.	Division 12 High Point	2825+	861+	North-Central Alberta-Saskatchewan Plains
8.	Baldy Mountain	2726	831	Manitoba Area Plains
9.	Moose Mountain - West Summit	2725+	831+	East Saskatchewan Plains

Photos of Peaks in the Canadian Great Plains

West Butte Summit cairn on West Butte, Mt. Brown and Gold Butte in distance (2019-07-23). Photo by Grant Myers. Click here for larger-size photo.	Mount Brown Mt Brown rises above the northern Plains just south of Canada (2018-07-12). Photo by Ken Jones. Click here for larger-size photo.
Bearpaw Baldy Choose your route up the Bears Heart carefully or end up in the clink (2016-05-25). Photo by H Yless. Click here for larger-size photo.	Gold Butte Gold Butte from the west (2015-06-20). Photo by Steve Sheriff. Click here for larger-size photo.
East Bearpaw Mountains High Point The reference marker for BM Lloyd that Packard mentions in his 2002 write up (2016-05-26). Photo by H Yless. Click here for larger-size photo.	Saskatchewan High Point A marker sign has been placed on the side of the road just north of the extremely flat field that is the highest point in Saskatchewan (2016-06-02). Photo by Adam Lingenfelter. Click here for larger-size photo.
Boundary Monument 320 Boundary then Iroquois from Algonquin (2005-06). Photo by Mitch Bacharach. Click here for larger-size photo.	Opheim Hills High Point After several prerequisite contours visited en route to the northern most, what a surprise to find this benchmarked monument on top of the one Peakbagger has marked as the highest (2016-05-22). Click here for larger-size photo. Edit Photo Info
Daniels County High Point Daniels County HP? Yup, you made it! (2016-05-22). Click here for larger-size photo. Edit Photo Info	Roosevelt County High Point When you see nothing else but sky you know you've arrived at the highest point in Roosevelt County. (2016-05-22). Click here for larger-size photo. Edit Photo Info

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