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Chown, Mount

Mountain
83 E

Approximately 107 km west north-west of Jasper, elevation 3381 m.

This mountain was named in 1912 for the Rev. Samuel Dwight Chown, (1853-1933). Chown was an advocate of church union and was General Superintendent of the Methodist Church from 1914-1925. He was instrumental in forming what is now the United Church of Canada.