Buchanan Ridge
Buchanan Ridge is a peak in Improvement District No. 4, Alberta and has an elevation of 2,409 metres. Buchanan Ridge is situated nearby to the hamlet Waterton Park.Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Alderson and Mount Carthew.
Mount Alderson
Peak
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Mount Alderson is a 2,692-metre summit located in Waterton Lakes National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Its nearest higher peak is Mount Custer, 8.0 km to the southwest. Mount Richards is situated 2.0 km to the southeast, and Bertha Peak is to the immediate northeast.
Mount Carthew
Peak
Mount Carthew is a 2,636-metre mountain summit located in Waterton Lakes National Park, in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. Mount Carthew was named after William Morden Carthew, a World War I casualty.
First Oil Well in Western Canada
Photo: Plazak, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The First Oil Well in Western Canada, also known as Lineham Discovery Well No. 1, is a defunct oil well and national historic site of Canada, which commemorates the September 21, 1902 oil strike in what is now Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Waterton Park.
Waterton Park
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Boehmer, CC BY 2.0.
Waterton Park, commonly referred to as Waterton, is a hamlet in southwestern Alberta, Canada within Improvement District No. 4 Waterton. It is located at the southwestern terminus of Highway 5, approximately 54 kilometres west of the Town of Cardston and 55 kilometres south of the Town of Pincher Creek.
Buchanan Ridge
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,409 metres
- Category: landform
- Location: Improvement District No. 4, Alberta, Prairies, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
49.0403° or 49° 2′ 25″ northLongitude
-113.9858° or 113° 59′ 9″ westElevation
2,409 metres (7,904 feet)Open location code
85X822R7+4MOpenStreetMap ID
node 2689327980OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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