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Castleguard Glacier

The Castleguard Glacier is one of the principal toes of the Columbia Icefield, located in the Canadian Rockies. Jasper and Banff National Parks contain the Columbia Icefield and Castleguard Glacier.

Castleguard Mountain, also known as Mount Castleguard, is an isolated mountain hosting the Castleguard Glacier, located near the southern edge of the Columbia Icefield at the northern edge of Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada.

In 1918, Irish land surveyor Arthur Oliver Wheeler named the mountain because of its castle like appearance, which seemed to stand guard over the southern portion of the Columbia Icefield and Castleguard Glacier. Castleguard was first ascended in 1919 by the Interprovincial Boundary Commission, which determined the exact location of the boundary between British Columbia and Alberta along the continental divide.

The Icefields feed Six Major Glaciers:

1. Athabasca Glacier
2. Castleguard Glacier
3. Columbia Glacier
4. Dome Glacier
5. Stutfield Glacier
6. Saskatchewan Glacier

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