{{short description|Mountain range in Alberta/BC, Canada}} {{Infobox mountain | name=Waputik Range | image=Waputik Range (Pulpit+Balfour+Bow peak).JPG | image_size=275 | image_caption=Waputik Range seen from the Icefields Parkway | country=Canada | region_type=Provinces | region=Alberta and British Columbia | parent=Waputik Mountains | borders_on= | highest=Mount Balfour | elevation_m=3272 | elevation_ref=<ref name=peakfinder>{{cite peakfinder|id= 79|name=Mount Balfour|access-date=2022-09-04}}</ref> | coordinates= {{coord|51|33|55|N|116|27|58|W|type:mountain_region:CA_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline}} | coordinates_ref=<ref name=bcgnis_balfour>{{cite bcgnis|id= 11043|title=Mount Balfour|access-date=2022-09-04}}</ref> | length_km = 19 | length_orientation = | length_ref = <ref name=pb>{{cite pb|rid=141184|name=Waputik Range|access-date=2013-06-08}}</ref> | width_km = 19 | width_orientation = | width_ref = <ref name=pb/> | area_km2 = 235 | area_ref =<ref name=pb/> | range_coordinates = {{coord|51|31|59|N|116|22|02|W|type:mountain_region:CA-AB|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | range_coordinates_ref = <ref name=cgndb>{{cite cgndb|id=IAOSN|name=Waputik Range|access-date=2013-06-08}}</ref> | map=Canada Alberta#Canada British Columbia | map_size=275 | map_caption= | topo_maker = NTS | topo_map = {{Canada_NTS_Map_Sheet}} }} The '''Waputik Range''' lies west of the upper Bow Valley, east of Bath Creek, and south of Balfour Creek in the Canadian Rockies. "Waputik" means "white goat" in Stoney.<ref name=bcgnis>{{cite bcgnis|id=19115|title=Waputik Mountains|access-date=2022-09-04}}</ref> The range was named in 1884 by George Mercer Dawson of the Geological Survey of Canada.<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Boles | first1 = Glen W.| first2 = Roger W. | last2 = Laurilla | first3 =William L. | last3 = Putnam | title = Canadian Mountain Place Names | url = https://archive.org/details/canadianmountain0000bole | url-access = registration | location = Vancouver| publisher = Rocky Mountain Books | year= 2006| page = [https://archive.org/details/canadianmountain0000bole/page/264 264]| isbn = 978-1-894765-79-4}}</ref> The President Range lies within the Waputik Range.
The Waputik Range should not be confused with the much larger Waputik Mountains which encompasses this range and other peaks along the Continental Divide in Yoho National Park.
==Mountains and Peaks== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- style="background:#ffc;" ! style="text-align:left;"|Mountain/Peak ||colspan=2|Height (m/ft)||colspan=2|Prom. (m/ft) ||Location |- |Howse Peak || {{elevation_cells|3295|m}} | {{elevation_cells|1227|m}}||{{coord|51|48|50|N|116|40|52|W|type:mountain_region:CA}} |- |Mount Balfour || {{elevation_cells|3272|m}} | {{elevation_cells|934|m}}||{{coord|51|33|55|N|116|27|58|W|type:mountain_region:CA}} |- |Mount Patterson || {{elevation_cells|3197|m}} | {{elevation_cells|810|m}}||{{coord|51|44|52|N|116|34|27|W|type:mountain_region:CA}} |- |Mount Baker || {{elevation_cells|3180|m}} | {{elevation_cells|480|m}}||{{coord|51|39|55|N|116|35|52|W|type:mountain_region:CA}} |- |Mont des Poilus || {{elevation_cells|3166|m}} | {{elevation_cells|466|m}}||{{coord|51|35|41|N|116|36|24|W|type:mountain_region:CA}} |- |Mount Gordon || {{elevation_cells|3161|m}} | {{elevation_cells|471|m}}||{{coord|51|36|22|N|116|30|48|W|type:mountain_region:CA}} |- |Caldron Peak || {{elevation_cells|2909|m}} | {{elevation_cells|449|m}}||{{coord|51|43|08|N|116|32|42|W|type:mountain_region:CA}} |- |Waputik Peak || {{elevation_cells|2755|m}} | {{elevation_cells|952|m}}||{{coord|51|27|05|N|116|28|39|W|type:mountain_region:CA}} |- |Pulpit Peak || {{elevation_cells|2720|m}} | {{elevation_cells|140|m}}||{{coord|51|34|05|N|116|22|05|W|type:mountain_region:CA}} |}
==Gallery== {{gallery |File:Waputik Range.jpg|Waputik Range }}
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