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Flathead Range
Flathead Range in the Crowsnest Pass area. Left to rightː Mount Coulthard, Andy Good Peak, Mount Parrish, Chinook Peak.
Highest point
Peak	Mount Ptolemy
Elevation	2,815 m (9,236 ft)
Coordinates	49°32′56″N 114°37′52″W / 49.54889°N 114.63111°W / 49.54889; -114.63111
Geography
Flathead RangeLocation in AlbertaShow map of AlbertaFlathead RangeLocation in British ColumbiaShow map of British ColumbiaFlathead RangeLocation in CanadaShow map of Canada
Country	Canada
Provinces	Alberta and British Columbia
Range coordinates	49°26′59″N 114°35′59″W / 49.44972°N 114.59972°W / 49.44972; -114.59972
Parent range	Crowsnest Range
Borders on	Castle Wildland Provincial Park
Geology
Orogeny	Lewis Overthrust

The Flathead Range is a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada. It is located on the Continental Divide, east of Fernie, in the Kootenay Land District. It stretches 27 km (17 mi) lengthwise north–south from Crowsnest Pass to North Kootenay Pass. The range's toponym was officially adopted on 30 June 1912 by the Geographic Board of Canada, and was named in association with the Flathead River.

The highest peak is Mount Ptolemy, with an elevation of 2,815 m (9,236 ft).

Summits

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See also

• Ranges of the Canadian Rockies

References

1. "Topographic map of Mount Ptolemy". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
2. "Mount Ptolemy". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
3. ^ "Flathead Range". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
4. "Flathead Range". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
5. "Flathead Range". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2022-09-21.

External links

• Flathead Range: weather forecast

• Flathead Range (Canada)
• Kootenay Land District