Mount Odlum

Mountain in the country of Canada
Mount Odlum is located in Alberta
Mount Odlum
Mount Odlum
Location in Alberta
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Mount Odlum is located in British Columbia
Mount Odlum
Mount Odlum
Location in British Columbia
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CountryCanadaProvincesAlberta and British ColumbiaParent rangeElk RangeTopo mapNTS 82J7 Mount Head[4]

Mount Odlum is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide. It was named in 1917 after Victor Wentworth Odlum, Brigadier-General in the Canadian army during World War I. After the war, he entered politics from 1924–1947.[3]

Geology

Mount Odlum is composed of sedimentary rock laid down during the Precambrian to Jurassic periods. Formed in shallow seas, this sedimentary rock was pushed east and over the top of younger rock during the Laramide orogeny.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Mount Odlum". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
  2. ^ a b "Mount Odlum". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
  3. ^ a b "Mount Odlum". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
  4. ^ "Mount Odlum (Alberta)". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
  5. ^ Gadd, Ben (2008), Geology of the Rocky Mountains and Columbias
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