Editing Mount Kitchener (section)

{{short description|Mountain in Alberta, Canada}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Kitchener
| photo = mtkitchener.jpg
| photo_caption = Mt. Kitchener at dawn from the Icefields Parkway
| elevation_m = 3505
| elevation_ref = <ref name=crdb>{{cite crdb|id=735| name=Mount Kitchener |access-date= 2007-08-31}}</ref><ref name=opentopomap/>
| prominence_m = 280
| prominence_ref = <ref name=bivouac>{{cite bivouac|id=25|name=Mount Kitchener|access-date=2013-05-17}}</ref>
| range = [[Winston Churchill Range]]
| parent_peak =
| listing = [[List of mountains of Alberta|Mountains of Alberta]]
| country = [[Canada]]
| region_type = Province
| region = [[Alberta]]
| map = Alberta
| map_caption = Location in Alberta
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-zoom = 8
| mapframe-caption = Interactive map of Mount Kitchener
| coordinates = {{coord|52|12|58|N|117|19|15|W|type:mountain_region:CA-AB_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref = <ref name=cgndb>{{cite cgndb|id=IABQE|name=Mount Kitchener|access-date=2021-03-31}}</ref>
| topo_map = [[National Topographic System|NTS]] {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|83|C|3}}<ref name=cgndb/>
| first_ascent = 1927 by Alfred J. Ostheimer, guided by Hans Fuhrer<ref name=crdb/>
| easiest_route = rock/snow climb
}}

'''Mount Kitchener''' is a [[mountain]] located within the [[Columbia Icefield]] of [[Jasper National Park]], which is part of the [[Canadian Rockies]]. The mountain can be seen from the [[Icefields Parkway]] (highway 93) near Sunwapta Pass.

Mt. Kitchener was originally named Mount Douglas by [[J. Norman Collie]] after [[David Douglas (botanist)|David Douglas]]. In 1916, the mountain was renamed Mount Kitchener, its present-day name, after [[Horatio Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener|Lord Kitchener]], who had just been killed in [[World War I]].<ref name=crdb/>