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Mount Peechee

Mount Peechee
Highest point
Elevation 2,935 m (9,629 ft) 
Prominence 160 m (520 ft) 
Coordinates 51°12′35″N 115°22′30″W / 51.20972°N 115.37500°W / 51.20972; -115.37500
Geography
Location Alberta, Canada
Parent range Fairholme Range
Topo map NTS 82O/03
Climbing
First ascent 1929
Easiest route rock climb

Mount Peechee is the third highest peak of the Fairholme Range in Banff National Park. Mt. Peechee is located immediately southeast of Mount Girouard in the Bow River valley south of Lake Minnewanka.

The mountain was named in 1884 by George Dawson after an Indian guide who escorted George Simpson through the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies.



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