Narao Peak

Narao Peak is a 2,974-metre mountain in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, near Kicking Horse Pass and the Trans-Canada Highway, making it a prominent landmark for travellers. Part of the Bow Range in the Canadian Rockies, it rises sharply above the Narao Lakes, giving it a striking local relief. First ascended in 1913 by the Interprovincial Boundary Survey, it was named in 1916 from a Stoney word meaning “hit in the stomach,” tied to the 1858 Palliser expedition incident in which James Hector was kicked unconscious by a horse nearby. The name was officially adopted in 1952.

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