# Mount Shanks

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**Mount Shanks** is a 2,838-metre (9,311-foot) mountain [summit](/source/Summit) located in [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia), Canada.

## Description

Mount Shanks is situated 10 km (6.2 mi) west of the [Continental Divide](/source/Continental_Divide_of_the_Americas) on the boundary that [Kootenay National Park](/source/Kootenay_National_Park) shares with [Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park](/source/Mount_Assiniboine_Provincial_Park).[3] The peak is part of the [Ball Range](/source/Ball_Range) which is a sub-range of the [Canadian Rockies](/source/Canadian_Rockies). Precipitation [runoff](/source/Surface_runoff) from the peak's north and east slopes flows into tributaries of the [Simpson River](/source/Simpson_River_(British_Columbia)), whereas the west slope drains into the [Vermilion River](/source/Vermilion_River_(British_Columbia)). [Topographic relief](/source/Topographic_relief) is significant as the summit rises 1,600 metres (5,249 ft) above the Vermilion River in 4 km (2.5 mi) and 1,340 metres (4,396 ft) above the Simpson River in 3 km (1.9 mi).

## History

This landform's original local name was "Folding Mountain" until the mountain was renamed in 1927 by [Dominion Land Survey](/source/Dominion_Land_Survey) staff in honor of their colleague, the late Thomas Shanks, Assistant Director General of Surveys of Canada.[3][4] The mountain's toponym was officially adopted on July 31, 1927, by the [Geographical Names Board of Canada](/source/Geographical_Names_Board_of_Canada).[2] The mountain was first climbed in September 1976 by P. Spear and R. Workum.[5]

## Geology

Mount Shanks is composed of [sedimentary rock](/source/Sedimentary_rock) laid down during the [Precambrian](/source/Precambrian) to [Jurassic](/source/Jurassic) periods. Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the [Laramide orogeny](/source/Laramide_orogeny).[6]

## Climate

Based on the [Köppen climate classification](/source/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification), Mount Shanks is located in a [subarctic climate](/source/Subarctic_climate) zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[7] Winter temperatures can drop below −20 °C with wind chill factors below −30 °C.

## Gallery

## See also

- [Geography of British Columbia](/source/Geography_of_British_Columbia)

## References

1. ["Mount Shanks, Peakvisor.com"](https://peakvisor.com/peak/mount-shanks.html). Retrieved 2023-03-31.

1. JBBKS. Retrieved 2023-03-31.

1. 1237. Retrieved 2023-03-31.

1. Glen W. Boles, Robert Kruszyna, William Lowell Putnam (1979), *The Rocky Mountains of Canada, South*, American Alpine Club, ISBN 9780930410087, p.228.

1. Gadd, Ben (2008), "Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias"

1. Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". *Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci.*. **11**: 1633–1644. [ISSN 1027-5606](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/1027-5606)

## External links

- Mount Shanks: [weather forecast](https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-6082665/Canada/British%20Columbia/Mount%20Shanks)
- [Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park](http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/explore/parkpgs/mt_assiniboine/)
- Parks Canada web site: [Kootenay National Park](https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/pn-np/bc/kootenay)

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