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Mount Coulthard rises in the Flathead Range of the Canadian Rockies on the Continental Divide in Castle Wildland Provincial Park near Crowsnest Pass, where it is visible from Highway 3. Named for Major Robert Wilson Coulthard, a Canadian mining engineer tied closely to the region’s coal industry, the mountain’s official name was adopted in 1928. Its limestone formed in shallow seas from Precambrian through Jurassic time, and later tectonic forces during the Laramide orogeny thrust these older rocks over younger Cretaceous layers. A notable feature is Coulthard Cave on its northern face, discovered in 1968 and extending 370 metres with a depth of 61.2 metres.
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