Nikanassin Range


The Nikanassin Range is a group of mountain ranges in the Canadian Rockies on the eastern edge of Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada. It is developed south-east of the Fiddle Range, and one of the front ranges. Nikanassin means "first range" in Cree.
The range has an extent of, with a length of from north-west to south-east, and a width of. Its highest point is Climax Mountain, with a height of.
Numerous seams of coal are found in this range, with past and present mines at Cadomin, Mountain Park and Luscar.
The range gives the name to the Nikanassin Formation, a stratigraphical unit of late Jurassic age that has its stratotype in this region.

Peaks

Mountainmetresfeet
Climax Mountain28239262
Deception Mountain28199249
Mount Lindsay27438999
Mount Bryant26218599
Overturn Mountain25608399