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with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. Temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C.
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periods. Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the
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sits at the foot of the mountain and is a popular hiking destination.
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Like other mountains in Banff Park, Mount Bourgeau is composed of
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Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L. & McMahon, T. A. (2007).
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"Mount Bourgeau". 16:Mountain in Banff NP, Alberta, Canada 7: 1849: 1847: 1428:Sulphur Mountain Cosmic Ray Station 14: 1929:Alberta's Rockies geography stubs 462:Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies 354:, Mount Bourgeau is located in a 278:is a 2,931-metre (9,616 ft) 257:1890 by J.J. McArthur, Tom Wilson 1919:Mountains of Banff National Park 1851: 1433:First Oil Well in Western Canada 169: 162: 136: 129: 27: 504:from the original on 2015-10-02 269:Easy scramble on western slopes 1373:Jasper Park Information Centre 1: 352:Köppen climate classification 1867:. You can help Knowledge by 1812:North Central Rockies forest 435:Geographical Names Data Base 52:2,931 m (9,616 ft) 1538:Dune Za Keyih (Frog-Gataga) 1027:Unnamed Alberta–BC mountain 1945: 1914:Two-thousanders of Alberta 1846: 1314:Waterton Biosphere Reserve 62:462 m (1,516 ft) 1820: 1295:Parks and protected areas 564:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 486:Belyea, Helen R. 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Sulphur Mountain
Elevation
Prominence
Listing
Mountains of Alberta
Coordinates
51°07′55″N 115°46′31″W / 51.13194°N 115.77528°W / 51.13194; -115.77528
Mount Bourgeau is located in Alberta
Mount Bourgeau is located in Canada
Alberta
Canada
Parent range
Massive Range
Canadian Rockies
Topo map
NTS
82O4
Banff
First ascent
Easiest route
mountain
Massive Range
Banff National Park
Alberta
Canada
James Hector
Eugène Bourgeau
botanist
Palliser Expedition

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