Mount Schaffer

Mount Schaffer is a 2,691-metre peak in Yoho National Park's Bow Range, near Lake O'Hara in British Columbia. Its name is associated with Mary Schäffer Warren, though another account credits Samuel E.S. Allen with naming it in 1894 for Dr. Charles Schäffer; the Geographical Names Board of Canada officially adopted the name in 1924. The mountain was first climbed in 1909 by M. Goddard and W. Richardson. Formed from sedimentary rock laid down from the Precambrian to the Jurassic and later thrust eastward during the Laramide orogeny, it reflects the forces that shaped the Canadian Rockies. Runoff from its slopes enters the Kicking Horse and Columbia river systems.

British Columbia · Canada