Beatrice Peak
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Beatrice Peak is a peak
located on the Continental Divide
on the border of Banff
and Kootenay National Park
s, 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 includes the ascent of Beatrice Peak.
Mountain
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located 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...
on the border of Banff
Banff National Park
Banff National Park is Canada's oldest national park, established in 1885 in the Rocky Mountains. The park, located 110–180 kilometres west of Calgary in the province of Alberta, encompasses of mountainous terrain, with numerous glaciers and ice fields, dense coniferous forest, and alpine...
and 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...
s, between Stanley Peak and 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...
. The mountain was named in 1912 by the Alpine Club of Canada
Alpine Club of Canada
The Alpine Club of Canada is a mountain club with a National Office in Canmore, Alberta that has been a focal point for Canadian mountaineering since its founding in 1906. The club was co-founded by Arthur Oliver Wheeler, who served as its first president, and Elizabeth Parker, a journalist for...
after Beatrice Shultz who climbed the mountain that year.
The scrambling route to Mt. Ball includes the ascent of Beatrice Peak.