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Mount Louis, a 2,682-metre peak in Banff National Park's Sawback Range, is part of the Canadian Rockies and drains into the Bow River within the Saskatchewan River system. Named in 1886 for Louis B. Stewart, it is also linked to Banff's early administration through his father, George Stewart, the park's first superintendent. The mountain consists of limestone deposited in shallow Devonian seas and later thrust eastward over younger rock during the Laramide orogeny. Its subarctic climate brings cold, snowy winters, mild summers, and severe wind chills, making summer the most favorable season for climbing.
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