The Towers (Canada)

The Towers
The Towers Location in Alberta and British Columbia
Highest point
Elevation	2,842 m (9,324 ft) ^[1]
Prominence	189 m (620 ft)
Coordinates	50°53′12″N 115°36′06″W / 50.88667°N 115.60167°W / 50.88667; -115.60167Coordinates: 50°53′12″N 115°36′06″W / 50.88667°N 115.60167°W / 50.88667; -115.60167
Geography
Location	Alberta British Columbia
Topo map	NTS 82J/13
Climbing
First ascent	1916 Interprovincial Boundary Commission

The Towers is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide. It was named in 1917 by Arthur O. Wheeler.^[1]^[2]

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World Heritage Sites	Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park

National	Parks Banff Jasper Kootenay Yoho Waterton Lakes Historic Sites Jasper House Jasper Park Information Centre Yellowhead Pass Athabasca Pass Howse Pass Kootenae House Kicking Horse Pass Skoki Ski Lodge Twin Falls Tea House Abbot Pass Refuge Cabin Cave and Basin Banff Park Museum Sulphur Mountain Cosmic Ray Station First Oil Well in Western Canada

Provincial (AB)	Parks Bow Valley Bragg Creek Elbow-Sheep Ghost River Kananaskis Peter Lougheed Sheep River Siffleur Spray Valley White Goat Willmore Historic Sites Frank Slide

Provincial (BC)	Akamina-Kishinena Close To The Edge Dune Za Keyih (Frog-Gataga) Elk Lakes Graham-Laurier Hamber Height of the Rockies Hole-in-the-Wall Kakwa Kikomun Creek Kwadacha Mount Assiniboine Mount Fernie Mount Robson Muncho Lake Northern Rocky Mountains Pine Le Moray Stone Mountain Muskwa-Kechika

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The Towers (Canada)

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