Tent Mountain

Tent Mountain rises on Canada’s Continental Divide along the Alberta and British Columbia border. Named in 1911 by Morrison P. Bridgland, it later became the site of a mountaintop removal coal mine that closed in 1983. Mining removed about half of the summit area, leaving a large open pit and a waste-rock pile on the mountainside. In 2021, a proposal to restart mining there was submitted and later withdrawn. The site has also become notable for water-quality concerns, as a recent study found elevated selenium in the mine area and in downstream waterways, including a pond below the spoil pile and Crowsnest Creek, which flows into Crowsnest Lake.

Alberta · Canada