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{{short description|Subrange of the Front Ranges in Alberta, Canada}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Kananaskis Range
| photo = KananaskisHighRock.JPG
| photo_caption = High Rock Range in Kannaskis
| etymology = 
| country = [[Canada]]
| region_type = Province
| region = [[Alberta]]
| parent = [[Continental Ranges]]
| border = 
| geology = 
| period = 
| orogeny = 
| highest = [[Mount Galatea]]
| elevation_m = 3185
| elevation_ref = <ref name=GemMap1998/>
| coordinates = {{coord|50|50|23|N|115|16|26|W|type:mountain_region:CA_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline}}
| coordinates_ref = <ref name=cgndb_galatea>{{cite cgndb|id=IAFWW|name=Mount Galatea|access-date=2019-08-25}}</ref>
| length_km = 44
| length_ref = <ref name=peakbagger/>
| width_km = 25
| width_ref = <ref name=peakbagger/>
| range_coordinates = {{coord|50|51|14|N|115|15|53|W|type:mountain_region:CA_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| range_coordinates_ref = <ref name=cgndb>{{cite cgndb|id=IAPTY|name=Kananaskis Range|access-date=2019-08-25}}</ref>
| map = Canada Alberta
| map_caption = Location in Alberta
| topo_map = [[National Topographic System|NTS]] 82J14<ref name=cgndb/>
}}

The '''Kananaskis Range''' is a [[mountain range]] west of the [[Kananaskis River]] in the [[Continental Ranges]] of the [[Canadian Rockies]]. Many of the peaks are named after ships and people involved in the [[Battle of Jutland]]. 

Mount Bogart is named after D.B. Dowling.  Bogart was his mother's maiden name and his middle name.  D.B. Dowling surveyed the area in the early 1900s for the Geographical Society of Canada.<ref name=bivouac_mb>{{cite bivouac|id=1443|name= Mount Bogart |access-date=2024-10-19}}</ref> Tower was named after Francis George Towers an early homesteader of the region.  Mt McDougal another early  homesteader Archie McDougal of Carstairs.  Mts. Evans Thomas named after Thomas Oldham Evans an early homesteader.

== List of mountains ==
Peaks of this range include:
{| class="wikitable" style="margin-left:3em"
!rowspan=2|Name !!colspan=2|Elevation ||colspan=2| [[Topographic prominence|Prominence]]
!rowspan=2|Coordinates
|-
!m || ft || m || ft
|-
|[[Mount Galatea]]
|{{elevation_cells|3185|m}} || {{elevation_cells|1280|m}}
|{{Titled coords|Mount Galatea}}
|-
|[[Wind Mountain]]
|{{elevation_cells|3153|m}} || {{elevation_cells|745|m}}
|{{Titled coords|Wind Mountain}}
|- 
|[[Mount Bogart]]
|{{elevation_cells|3144|m}} || {{elevation_cells|492|m}}
|{{Titled coords|Mount Bogart}}
|-
|[[The Tower (Alberta)|The Tower]]
|{{elevation_cells|3124|m}} || {{elevation_cells|618|m}}
|{{Titled coords|The Tower (Alberta)|The Tower}}
|-
|[[Mount Sparrowhawk]]
|{{elevation_cells|3121|m}} || {{elevation_cells|256|m}}
|{{Titled coords|Mount Sparrowhawk}}
|-
|[[Mount Lougheed]]
|{{elevation_cells|3107|m}} || {{elevation_cells|242|m}}
|{{Titled coords|Mount Lougheed}}
|-
|[[Mount Chester]]
|{{elevation_cells|3054|m}} || {{elevation_cells|341|m}}
|{{Titled coords|Mount Chester}}
|-
|[[Mount James Walker]]
|{{elevation_cells|3035|m}} || {{elevation_cells|322|m}}
|{{Titled coords|Mount James Walker}}
|-
|[[The Fortress (Alberta)|The Fortress]]
|{{elevation_cells|3000|m}} || {{elevation_cells|287|m}}
|{{Titled coords|The Fortress (Alberta)|The Fortress}}
|-
|[[Gusty Peak]]
|{{elevation_cells|3000|m}} || {{elevation_cells|226|m}}
|{{Titled coords|Gusty Peak}}
|-
|[[Mount Inflexible]]
|{{elevation_cells|3000|m}} || {{elevation_cells|379|m}}
|{{Titled coords|Mount Inflexible}}
|-
|[[Mount Engadine]]
|{{elevation_cells|2970|m}} || {{elevation_cells|320|m}}
|{{Titled coords|Mount Engadine}}
|-
|[[Mount Kidd]]
|{{elevation_cells|2958|m}} || {{elevation_cells|535|m}}
|{{Titled coords|Mount Kidd}}
|-
|[[Mount Buller (Alberta)|Mount Buller]]
|{{elevation_cells|2805|m}} || {{elevation_cells|270|m}}
|{{Titled coords|Wind Mountain}}
|-
|[[Mount Lawson (Alberta)|Mount Lawson]]
|{{elevation_cells|2795|m}} || {{elevation_cells|113|m}}
|{{Titled coords|Mount Buller (Alberta)|Mount Buller}}
|-
|[[Mount Kent (Alberta)|Mount Kent]]
|{{elevation_cells|2637|m}} || {{elevation_cells|46|m}}
|<!--{{Titled coords|Mount Kent (Alberta)|Mount Kent]]}}-->
|-
|[[Mount Lorette (Alberta)|Mount Lorette]]
|{{elevation_cells|2487|m}} || {{elevation_cells|49|m}}
|{{Titled coords|Mount Lorette (Alberta)|Mount Lorette}}
|-
|[[Pigeon Mountain (Alberta)|Pigeon Mountain]]
|{{elevation_cells|2394|m}} || {{elevation_cells|393|m}}
|{{Titled coords|Pigeon Mountain (Alberta)|Pigeon Mountain}}
|-
|[[Mary Barclay's Mountain]]
|{{elevation_cells|2260|m}} || {{elevation_cells|160|m}}
|{{Titled coords|Mary Barclay's Mountain}}
|}
{{GeoGroup|section=List of mountains}}
==References==
<references>
<ref name=GemMap1998>
<!-- ISBN differs from later map editions -->
  {{cite map|publisher=Gem Trek Publishing|title=Canmore and Kananaskis Village | section=D3
  | date=1998|scale=1:50,000|isbn=1-895526-22-1|url=https://www.gemtrek.com/maps/canmore-kananaskis-map/|access-date=2019-08-25}}</ref>
<ref name=peakbagger>{{cite peakbagger |rid=141340 |name=Kananaskis range|access-date=2019-08-25}}</ref>
</references>
==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline|Kananaskis Range}}
* {{cite crdb|id=27|subject=ranges|name=Kananaskis Range}}

{{Canadian Rockies|state=collapsed}}

[[Category:Kananaskis Range|*]]