Mount Rutherford

{{Short description|Mountain in the country of Canada}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Mount Rutherford | image = | image_caption = | elevation_m = 2847 | elevation_ref = <ref name=peakfinder>{{Cite peakfinder|id=1198|name=Mount Rutherford |access-date=2007-09-10}}</ref> | prominence_m = 393 | prominence_ref = <ref>{{cite bivouac|id=10540|name=Mount Rutherford|accessdate=2009-01-02}}</ref> | range = Canadian Rockies, Northern Front Ranges | parent_peak = | listing = Mountains of Alberta | location = Alberta, Canada | map = Alberta | map_caption = Location in Alberta | coordinates = {{coord|53|10|20|N|118|24|51|W|type:mountain_region:CA|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref=<ref name=cgndb>{{cite cgndb|id=IAGGB|name=Mount Rutherford|accessdate=2021-03-21}}</ref> | topo = NTS {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|83|E|1}}<ref name=cgndb/> | type = | age = | first_ascent = | easiest_route = }}

'''Mount Rutherford''' is a mountain in Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada. It is part of the Northern Front Ranges of the Canadian Rockies. Its peak stands {{convert|3|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} east of Harvey Lake and north of the Snaring River, a tributary of the Athabasca River.

In 1954, the Geographic Board of Alberta named the {{convert|2847|m|ft|0|adj=on|abbr=on}} peak Mount Rutherford after Alberta's first premier, Alexander Cameron Rutherford.<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 10, 1954 |title=Mountains, Lake Named to Honor Alberta Pioneers |work=Edmonton Journal |pages=13}}</ref> It is about 34 kilometers northwest of the town of Jasper.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jasper to Mount Rutherford|url=https://www.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=Jasper,+Division+No.+15,+Alberta,+Canada&daddr=Mount+Rutherford,+Alberta,+Canada&hl=en&geocode&mra=pe&mrcr=0&sll=49.39451,-97.912687&sspn=30.777693,64.775391&ie=UTF8&ll=52.802761,-117.388916&spn=3.560481,8.096924&z=7|access-date=2021-01-12|website=Jasper to Mount Rutherford|language=en}}</ref>

==See also== * Geography of Alberta

==References== {{reflist}} :* The Alberta Gazette #2026, December 15, 1954. :* "A Gentleman of Strathcona - Alexander Cameron Rutherford", Douglas R. Babcock, 1989, The University of Calgary Press, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, {{ISBN|0-919813-65-8}}

==External links== * [http://scrambles.ca/peaks/rutherford.html Trip to Mount Rutherford, scrambles.ca]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rutherford}} Category:Two-thousanders of Alberta Category:Mountains of Jasper National Park