Old Fort Point is a rocky promontory that rises 130 meters above the river in Jasper National Park.
Its southern side rounded and steep northern slope in doing is a classic example of mottled rock: a rocky hill shaped by glaciers. The loop trail that was built on the summit is steep in places, but it offers an excellent view of Jasper and surrounding areas.
The name "Old Fort (Old Fort) probably means Henry House, hut that the Northwest Company had built nearby in 1811. There is no trace of this post, but the place was designated a national historic site.
Here, in the direction of clockwise, the views available to you in clear weather from the top of the hill: Mount Edith Cavell (with its grooves snow permanent) to the south, The Mount Whistlers (you can see the cable car station, housed near the top) south-west, the valley of the Miette River, which flows westward toward Yellowhead Pass and British Columbia; City Jasper, on the other side of the Athabasca River; reddish quartzite Ridge Victoria Cross to the northwest, behind the town (the peak is dominated by a relay station, microwave is the Pyramid Mountain); Lake Beauvert and Jasper Park Lodge to the north (the other water basins that are visible to the north are Lake Annette and Edith), the gray limestone of the Colin Range to the north-east, the rounded summit of Signal Mountain and the rugged headlands of Mount Tekarra east and then, finally, Mount Hardisty (steeply inclined rock layers) and Mount Kerkeslin (slightly inclined layers) to the southeast.
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