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Copper Mountain (alberta)




  Elevation 2,795 metres (9,170 feet)
  Location Alberta, Canada






Copper Mountain is a Mountain in Banff National Park , 20 km north of the town of Banff . The mountain was named in 1884 by George M. Dawson after he had climbed to a mining site setup by Joe Healy and J.S. Dennis in 1881. Healy and Dennis claimed they had found a Copper deposit at the site. It was also at this point that Dawson spotted and named Mount Assiniboine .

The mountain is located on the western side of the Trans-Canada Highway , just northeast of Redearth Creek .


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