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 2,760 square kilometres (1,070 sq mi),[3] with a length of 80 kilometres (50 mi) from north-west to south-east, and a width of 66 kilometres (41 mi). Its highest point is Blackface Mountain , with a height of 2,867 metres (9,406 ft).[1]
Numerous seams of coal are found in this range, with past and present mines at Cadomin , Mountain Park and Luscar .[5]
The range gives the name to the Nikanassin Formation , a stratigraphical unit of late Jurassic age that has its stratotype in this region.
Peaks Nikanassin Range over the foothills
See also
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