{{Short description|Mountain in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Mount Northover | image = Mt Northover.jpg | image_caption = | elevation_m = 3048 | elevation_ref = <ref name=peakfinder>{{cite peakfinder|id=978|name=Mount Northover|access-date=2022-08-06}}</ref><ref name=otm>{{cite opentopomap|Mount Northover|50.5888889|-115.2402778|2022-08-06}}</ref> | prominence_m = 347 | prominence_ref = <ref name=bivouac/> | range = Park Ranges<ref name=bivouac/> | parent_peak = Mount Lyautey (3045 m)<ref name=bivouac/> | listing = {{unbulleted list | Mountains of Alberta | Mountains of British Columbia}} | country = Canada | region_type = Provinces | region = {{enum|Alberta|British Columbia}} | map = Alberta#British Columbia#Canada | map_caption = Location in Alberta##Location in British Columbia##Location in Canada | map_size = 200 | label_position = right#left | coordinates = {{coord|50|35|20|N|115|14|25|W|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <ref name=cgndb>{{cite cgndb|id=IAOJZ|name=Mount Northover (Alberta)|access-date=2022-08-06}}</ref> | topo_map = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|82|J|11}}<ref name=cgndb/> | first_ascent = 1957 by S.A. Heiberg, P.J.B. Duffy, R.C. Hind, P. Ranier, I. Spreat<ref name=peakfinder/> | easiest_route = Difficult Scramble with severe exposure<ref name=Kane2016/> }} __NOTOC__ '''Mount Northover''' is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide. The nearest higher peak is Mount Lyautey, {{convert|2.0|km|mi|abbr=on}} to the north-northeast.<ref name=bivouac>{{cite bivouac|id=802|name= Mount Northover |access-date=2018-11-28}}</ref> It was named in 1917 after Lieutenant A.W. Northover, M.C., one of western Canada's first war heroes. Northover had recently migrated there from the United Kingdom and started a new family there.
A Boer War veteran, Northover enlisted at Regina in the North-West Battalion. He served with the 28th Battalion, C.E.F.,<ref name=bcgnis>{{cite bcgnis|id=39570|title=Mount Northover|access-date=2022-08-06}}</ref> and was awarded the Military Cross for action taken on Oct. 8, 1915. In 1916 he returned to Canada on a speaking tour, visiting relatives in Edmonton.<ref name=peakfinder/><ref>[http://www.bivouac.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=802 Mount Northover]; Edmonton Bulletin, June 16, 1916</ref>
==Climate== Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Northover is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.<ref name=Peel2007>{{cite journal | author = Peel, M. C. |author2=Finlayson, B. L. |author3=McMahon, T. A.| year = 2007 | title = Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification | journal = Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. | volume = 11 | pages = 1633–1644 | issn = 1027-5606}}</ref> Temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.
==See also== * List of peaks on the British Columbia–Alberta border
==References== <references>
<ref name=Kane2016> {{cite book | title=Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies | author=Kane, Alan | chapter = Mount Northover | publisher=Rocky Mountain Books. Kindle Edition.|location = Calgary | year=2016|edition=3rd|isbn=978-1-77160-098-9}}</ref>
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==External links== * Mount Northover weather: [https://www.mountain-forecast.com/peaks/Mount-Northover/forecasts/2999 Mountain Forecast]
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