12 Facts About Canadian Rockies

Southern end of the Canadian Rockies extends into the U S state of Montana at various sites such as the Wilson Range, Upper Waterton Lake, Boundary Creek, Cameron Lake, Forum Peak, Long Knife Peak, North Fork Flathead River and Frozen Lake.

Canadian Rockies have numerous high peaks and ranges, such as Mount Robson and Mount Columbia .

Canadian Rockies are the easternmost part of the Canadian Cordillera, the collective name for the mountains of Western Canada.

Canadian Rockies are bounded on the east by the Canadian Prairies, on the west by the Rocky Mountain Trench, and on the north by the Liard River.

Contrary to popular misconception, the Canadian Rockies do not extend north into Yukon or Alaska, or west into central British Columbia.

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Canadian Rockies are subdivided into numerous mountain ranges, structured in two main groupings, the Continental Ranges, which has three main subdivisions, the Front Range, Park Ranges and Kootenay Ranges, and the Northern Rockies which comprise two main groupings, the Hart Ranges and the Muskwa Ranges.

Canadian Rockies are noted for being the source of several major river systems, and for the many rivers within the range itself.

Notable rivers originating in the Canadian Rockies include the Fraser, Columbia, North Saskatchewan, Bow and Athabasca Rivers.

Canadian Rockies are quite different in appearance and geology from the American Rockies to the south of them.

The Canadian Rockies are composed of layered sedimentary rock such as limestone and shale, whereas the American Rockies are made mostly of metamorphic and igneous rock such as gneiss and granite.

Canadian Rockies are overall more jagged than the American Rockies, because the Canadian Rockies have been more heavily glaciated, resulting in sharply pointed mountains separated by wide, U-shaped valleys gouged by glaciers, whereas the American Rockies are overall more rounded, with river-carved V-shaped valleys between them.

The Canadian Rockies are cooler and wetter, giving them moister soil, bigger rivers, and more glaciers.