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Neptuak Mountain is a peak in the Canadian Rockies on the Alberta–British Columbia border, set on the Continental Divide in the Bow Range. Its summit is a rare junction where Banff, Kootenay, and Yoho national parks meet, making it both a three-park and provincial boundary point. Named in 1894 by Samuel E.S. Allen, its name comes from the Stoney word for “nine,” reflecting its identification as peak number nine in the Valley of the Ten Peaks and the Indigenous presence in regional place names. Shaped by ancient sedimentary geology and later mountain building, Neptuak also divides waters flowing toward the Bow and Vermilion rivers.
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