The Ball Range is a mountain range

Mountain range

A mountain range is a single, large mass consisting of a succession of mountains or narrowly spaced mountain ridges, with or without peaks, closely related in position, direction, formation, and age; a component part of a mountain system or of a mountain chain...

 on the Continental Divide

Continental Divide

The Continental Divide of the Americas, or merely the Continental Gulf of Division or Great Divide, is the name given to the principal, and largely mountainous, hydrological divide of the Americas that separates the watersheds that drain into the Pacific Ocean from those river systems that drain...

 between Vermilion Pass and Red Earth Pass in Kootenay National Park

Kootenay National Park

Kootenay National Park is located in southeastern British Columbia Canada covering in the Canadian Rockies and forms part of a World Heritage Site. The park ranges in elevation from at the south-west park entrance to at Deltaform Mountain...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. The range is named after John Ball

John Ball (naturalist)

John Ball was an Irish politician, naturalist and Alpine traveller.-Background and education:Ball was born in Dublin, the eldest son of Nicholas Ball and his wife Jane Sherlock...

, a politician who helped secure funding for the Palliser Expedition

Palliser Expedition

The British North American Exploring Expedition, commonly called the Palliser Expedition, explored and surveyed the open prairies and rugged wilderness of western Canada from 1857 to 1860. The purpose was to explore possible routes for the Canadian Pacific Railway and discover new species of plants...

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It extends over 465 km² (179 mi²), and measures 35 km (22 mi) from North to South and 26 km (16 mi) from East to West

Peaks

This range includes the following mountains and peaks:

Mountain/Peak	metres	feet
Mount Ball Mount Ball Mount Ball is a mountain located on the Continental Divide, on the borders of Banff and Kootenay national parks in Canada. Mt. Ball is the highest peak of the Ball Range. The mountain was named in 1858 by James Hector after John Ball, a politician who helped secure funding for the Palliser...	3,311	10,863
Stanley Peak	3,155	10,352
Beatrice Peak Beatrice Peak Beatrice Peak is a peak located on the Continental Divide on the border of Banff and Kootenay National Parks, between Stanley Peak and Mount Ball. The mountain was named in 1912 by the Alpine Club of Canada after Beatrice Shultz who climbed the mountain that year.The scrambling route to Mt. Ball...	3,125	10,253
Storm Mountain Storm Mountain (Canada) Storm Mountain is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide. It was named in 1884 by George M. Dawson.-See also:* List of peaks on the British Columbia-Alberta border* Mountains of Alberta* Mountains of British Columbia...	3,100	10,171
Isabelle Peak Isabelle Peak Isabelle Peak is a peak located on the Continental Divide on the border of Banff and Kootenay National Parks in the Canadian Rockies. The mountain was named in 1906 by Charles S...	2,926	9,600
Haiduk Peak Haiduk Peak Haiduk Peak is a peak located on the Continental Divide on the border of Banff and Kootenay National Parks at the head of Haiduk Creek. The mountain was named in 1922, probably after the Haiduks of the Balkans....	2,795	9,581
Copper Mountain Copper Mountain (Alberta) Copper Mountain is a mountain in Banff National Park, north of the town of Banff. The mountain was named in 1884 by George M. Dawson after he had climbed to a mining site setup by Joe Healy and J.S. Dennis in 1881. Healy and Dennis claimed they had found a copper deposit at the site...	2,920	9,170