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Division Mountain rises in the Canadian Rockies on the Alberta-British Columbia border, directly on the Continental Divide, where it also helps separate Banff and Kootenay national parks. Named in 1919 by Charles D. Walcott, it takes its name from dividing the Lyell Icefield and the Mons Icefield. The mountain is composed of sedimentary rock deposited from the Precambrian to the Jurassic in ancient shallow seas, then later pushed eastward over younger rock during the Laramide orogeny. With a subarctic climate of cold snowy winters and mild summers, it stands as a strong example of the Rockies' intersecting geography, geology, and glaciation.
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