The Strange Story Of Castle Mountain
This is Castle Mountain in Alberta, Canada, seen from the Trans Canada Highway roughly halfway between Lake Louise and Banff. It's easy to see where this mountain got it's name, but I just learned today that for more than three decades the mountain was officially known as Mount Eisenhower.
Nikon D750, 1/1000s f/4.0 ISO100 50mm
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So the story of the mountain's name goes something like this... It was originally named Castle Mountain by James Hector, a Scottish geologist sometime in the 1850's. In 1946, a day before U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower came to Canada for a visit, Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced the name change... without consulting the province of Alberta.
Eisenhower went on the become the 34th president of the U.S.A. and the mountain remained named after him until it was changed back to Castle Mountain in 1979 after decades of controversy and protest by Albertans.
The source for this info comes from this article by Canadian Geographic.
By the way, I shot this through the window of a moving car - someone else was driving. Just for fun, here's the original colour image of Castle Mountain/Mount Eisenhower:
Beautiful mountain view
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A great shot taken from a moving car. I love this castle. Would't it be great if there were some secret rooms in it. Good luck with the contest! 💕
Thank you! My daughter-in-law was driving and I was in the back seat with the window down. I asked her to slow down and managed to get this with no blur by using a fast shutter speed. Secret rooms? Yeah, wouldn't that be cool :-)
It would indeed and from the castle out one of these rooms they saw you. I wish you a great Monday. 👍💕