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{{Short description|Mountain in Alberta, Canada}}
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| photo_caption = Mount Lawrence Grassi from [[Ha Ling Peak]], September 2009
| photo_caption = Mount Lawrence Grassi from [[Ha Ling Peak]], September 2009
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'''Mount Lawrence Grassi''' is the tallest peak of the [[Ehagay Nakoda]] [[massif]], a multi-peaked mountain located immediately south of the town of [[Canmore, Alberta|Canmore]] just east of the Spray Lakes road in [[Alberta]]'s [[Canadian Rockies]]. The mountain sports two other subsidiary peaks with commemorative names: [[Ha Ling Peak]] on the northwestern end, and Miners Peak southeastern of Ha Ling Peak. Another peak on the mountain is named Ship's Prow, which is on the Southeastern end of the mountain. The mountain is separated from [[Mount Rundle]] by Whiteman's Gap, and is separated to the South from [[The Three Sisters (Alberta)|The Three Sisters]] by Three Sisters Pass.
'''Mount Lawrence Grassi''' is the tallest peak of the [[Ehagay Nakoda]] [[massif]], a multi-peaked mountain located immediately south of the town of [[Canmore, Alberta|Canmore]] just east of the Spray Lakes road in [[Alberta]]'s [[Canadian Rockies]]. The mountain sports two other subsidiary peaks with commemorative names: [[Ha Ling Peak]] on the northwestern end, and Miners Peak located southeast of Ha Ling Peak between Ha Ling Peak and Mount Lawrence Grassi.<ref>{{cite web |title=Geospatial Data Extraction |url=https://maps.canada.ca/czs/index-en.html?bbox=-115.41458,51.03036,-115.36585,51.06926&name=NTS_map_sheet_82O3 |website=Federal Geospatial Platform |publisher=Government of Canada |access-date=27 January 2023}}</ref> Another peak on the mountain is named Ship's Prow, which is on the Southeastern end of the mountain. The mountain is separated from [[Mount Rundle]] by Whiteman's Gap, and is separated to the South from [[The Three Sisters (Alberta)|The Three Sisters]] by Three Sisters Pass.


The peak is named for Lawrence Grassi (1890–1980), an Italian miner who emigrated to Canada in 1912. After working with the [[Canadian Pacific Railway]] for several years he worked in the Canmore coal mines. Grassi also became a well-respected climbing guide as well as building many trails in the area including one to the [[Grassi Lakes]] which also bear his name.<ref name=pf/>
The peak is named for [[Lawrence Grassi]] (1890–1980), an Italian miner who emigrated to Canada in 1912. After working with the [[Canadian Pacific Railway]] for several years he worked in the Canmore coal mines. Grassi also became a well-respected climbing guide as well as building many trails in the area including one to the [[Grassi Lakes]] which also bear his name.<ref name=crdb/>


==Name Change==
==Name Change==
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Ehagay Nakoda was formerly named Mount Lawrence Grassi, but the name was changed along with renaming Ha Ling Peak. In 1998, the name of the massif was changed to Ehagay Nakoda, meaning "The last Nakoda" ("The last human being"), which is derived from a Stoney Nakoda origin story about the mountain's creation. This traditional story told of a Nakoda who was transformed into a mountain by Iktomni (the Trickster, or the Old Man) so that they would remain on this Earth long after human beings cease to inhabit it. The story was submitted by a local Stoney Nakoda Edler, Peter Lazarus Wesley, for the renaming of Chinaman's Peak, but the decision was made to rename the entire massif while also changing the name of Chinaman's Peak to Ha Ling Peak. To respect the history of Lawrence Grassi and the former name of the mountain, the tallest peak was named Mount Lawrence Grassi.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ward |first1=Meghan J. |title=What's in a Name? A Reminder of Things Past |journal=Highline Magazine |date=Winter 2012 |volume=4 |issue=1 |pages=27–29 |url=https://issuu.com/highlinemagazine/docs/highline_w2010 |accessdate=4 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Daffern |first1=Gillean |title=Popular Day Hikes 1: Kananaskis Country |date=2011 |publisher=Rocky Mountain Books Ltd. |isbn=9781897522714 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nwPO4zMSj9kC&q=ehagay+nakoda&pg=PP22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Kelland |first1=Ron |title=Stories from the Land: Indigenous Place Names in Canada |url=https://albertashistoricplaces.com/2019/11/06/stories-from-the-land-indigenous-place-names-in-canada/ |website=RETROactive |publisher=Historic Resources Management Branch of Alberta, Culture, Multiculturalism and Status of Women |accessdate=4 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=News In Brief |url=https://ammsa.com/publications/alberta-sweetgrass/news-brief-2 |accessdate=4 July 2020 |work=Alberta Sweetgrass |issue=11 |publisher=Aboriginal Multi-Media Society |date=1998|volume=5 }}</ref>

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Ehagay Nakoda was formerly named Mount Lawrence Grassi, but the name was changed along with renaming Ha Ling Peak. In 1998, the name of the massif was changed to Ehagay Nakoda, meaning "The last Nakoda" ("The last human being"), which is derived from a Stoney Nakoda origin story about the mountain’s creation. This traditional story told of a Nakoda who was transformed into a mountain by Iktomni (the Trickster, or the Old Man) so that they would remain on this Earth long after human beings cease to inhabit it. The story was submitted by a local Stoney Nakoda Edler, Peter Lazarus Wesley, for the renaming of Chinaman's Peak, but the decision was made to rename the entire massif while also changing the name of Chinaman's Peak to Ha Ling Peak. To respect the history of Lawrence Grassi and the former name of the mountain, the tallest peak was named Mount Lawrence Grassi.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ward |first1=Meghan J. |title=What's in a Name? A Reminder of Things Past |journal=Highline Magazine |date=Winter 2012 |volume=4 |issue=1 |pages=27–29 |url=https://issuu.com/highlinemagazine/docs/highline_w2010 |accessdate=4 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Daffern |first1=Gillean |title=Popular Day Hikes 1: Kananaskis Country |date=2011 |publisher=Rocky Mountain Books Ltd. |isbn=9781897522714 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nwPO4zMSj9kC&pg=PP22&lpg=PP22&dq=ehagay+nakoda+renamed#q=ehagay%20nakoda}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Kelland |first1=Ron |title=Stories from the Land: Indigenous Place Names in Canada |url=https://albertashistoricplaces.com/2019/11/06/stories-from-the-land-indigenous-place-names-in-canada/ |website=RETROactive |publisher=Historic Resources Management Branch of Alberta, Culture, Multiculturalism and Status of Women |accessdate=4 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=News In Brief |url=https://ammsa.com/publications/alberta-sweetgrass/news-brief-2 |accessdate=4 July 2020 |work=Alberta Sweetgrass |issue=11 |publisher=Aboriginal Multi-Media Society |date=1998|volume=5 }}</ref>


==Climate==
==Climate==
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Based on the [[Köppen climate classification]], Mount Lawrence Grassi is located in a [[subarctic climate]] with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.<ref name=Peel>{{cite journal | author = Peel, M. C. |author2=Finlayson, B. L. |author3=McMahon, T. A. |name-list-style=amp | year = 2007 | title = Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification | journal = Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. | volume = 11 | pages = 1633–1644 | issn = 1027-5606}}</ref> Winter temperatures can drop below -20&nbsp;°C with wind chill factors below -30&nbsp;°C.


==Gallery==
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Based on the [[Köppen climate classification]], Mount Lawrence Grassi is located in a [[subarctic climate]] with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.<ref name=Peel>{{cite journal | author = Peel, M. C. |author2=Finlayson, B. L. |author3=McMahon, T. A. |name-list-style=amp | year = 2007 | title = Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification | journal = Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. | volume = 11 | pages = 1633–1644 | issn = 1027-5606}}</ref> Temperatures can drop below -20 C with wind chill factors below -30 C.
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File:Mount Lawrence Grassi, Canmore, Trans-Canada Highway.jpg|Ehagay Nakoda rises above Canmore
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File:Bow River - panoramio (2).jpg|Ehagay Nakoda, with four named peaks: Ship's Prow (far left), Mount Lawrence Grassi (centre), Miners Peak (right), and Ha Ling Peak (far right)
</gallery></div>

==See also==
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* {{Portal-inline|Mountains|size=tiny}}
* [[Geography of Alberta]]


==References==
==References==
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[[File:Bow River - panoramio (2).jpg|thumb|left|390px|Mount Lawrence Grassi with Ha Ling Peak (right)]]
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Latest revision as of 21:38, 3 December 2024

Mount Lawrence Grassi
Mount Lawrence Grassi from Ha Ling Peak, September 2009
Highest point
Elevation2,685 m (8,809 ft)[1]
Prominence396 m (1,299 ft)[2]
ListingMountains of Alberta
Coordinates51°03′11.9″N 115°23′30.1″W / 51.053306°N 115.391694°W / 51.053306; -115.391694[2]
Geography
Mount Lawrence Grassi is located in Alberta
Mount Lawrence Grassi
Mount Lawrence Grassi
Location in Alberta
Mount Lawrence Grassi is located in Canada
Mount Lawrence Grassi
Mount Lawrence Grassi
Location in Canada
Map
Interactive map of Mount Lawrence Grassi
CountryCanada
ProvinceAlberta
Parent rangeCanadian Rockies
Topo mapNTS 82O3 Canmore
Climbing
Easiest routemoderate scramble[1]

Mount Lawrence Grassi is the tallest peak of the Ehagay Nakoda massif, a multi-peaked mountain located immediately south of the town of Canmore just east of the Spray Lakes road in Alberta's Canadian Rockies. The mountain sports two other subsidiary peaks with commemorative names: Ha Ling Peak on the northwestern end, and Miners Peak located southeast of Ha Ling Peak between Ha Ling Peak and Mount Lawrence Grassi.[3] Another peak on the mountain is named Ship's Prow, which is on the Southeastern end of the mountain. The mountain is separated from Mount Rundle by Whiteman's Gap, and is separated to the South from The Three Sisters by Three Sisters Pass.

The peak is named for Lawrence Grassi (1890–1980), an Italian miner who emigrated to Canada in 1912. After working with the Canadian Pacific Railway for several years he worked in the Canmore coal mines. Grassi also became a well-respected climbing guide as well as building many trails in the area including one to the Grassi Lakes which also bear his name.[1]

Name Change

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Ehagay Nakoda was formerly named Mount Lawrence Grassi, but the name was changed along with renaming Ha Ling Peak. In 1998, the name of the massif was changed to Ehagay Nakoda, meaning "The last Nakoda" ("The last human being"), which is derived from a Stoney Nakoda origin story about the mountain's creation. This traditional story told of a Nakoda who was transformed into a mountain by Iktomni (the Trickster, or the Old Man) so that they would remain on this Earth long after human beings cease to inhabit it. The story was submitted by a local Stoney Nakoda Edler, Peter Lazarus Wesley, for the renaming of Chinaman's Peak, but the decision was made to rename the entire massif while also changing the name of Chinaman's Peak to Ha Ling Peak. To respect the history of Lawrence Grassi and the former name of the mountain, the tallest peak was named Mount Lawrence Grassi.[4][5][6][7]

Climate

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Based on the Köppen climate classification, Mount Lawrence Grassi is located in a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers.[8] Winter temperatures can drop below -20 °C with wind chill factors below -30 °C.

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  • Ehagay Nakoda rises above Canmore
    Ehagay Nakoda rises above Canmore
  • Ehagay Nakoda, with four named peaks: Ship's Prow (far left), Mount Lawrence Grassi (centre), Miners Peak (right), and Ha Ling Peak (far right)
    Ehagay Nakoda, with four named peaks: Ship's Prow (far left), Mount Lawrence Grassi (centre), Miners Peak (right), and Ha Ling Peak (far right)

See also

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mount Lawrence Grassi.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Mount Lawrence Grassi". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2009-01-02.
  2. ^ a b "Mount Lawrence Grassi". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2009-01-02.
  3. ^ "Geospatial Data Extraction". Federal Geospatial Platform. Government of Canada. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  4. ^ Ward, Meghan J. (Winter 2012). "What's in a Name? A Reminder of Things Past". Highline Magazine. 4 (1): 27–29. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  5. ^ Daffern, Gillean (2011). Popular Day Hikes 1: Kananaskis Country. Rocky Mountain Books Ltd. ISBN 9781897522714.
  6. ^ Kelland, Ron. "Stories from the Land: Indigenous Place Names in Canada". RETROactive. Historic Resources Management Branch of Alberta, Culture, Multiculturalism and Status of Women. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  7. ^ "News In Brief". Alberta Sweetgrass. Vol. 5, no. 11. Aboriginal Multi-Media Society. 1998. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  8. ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L. & McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11: 1633–1644. ISSN 1027-5606.
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