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Nikanassin Range

The Nikanassin Range is a group of mountain ranges in the Canadian Rockies on the eastern edge of Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada. It is developed south-east of the Fiddle Range, and one of the front ranges. Nikanassin means "first range" in Cree.

The range has an extent of , with a length of from north-west to south-east, and a width of . Its highest point is Blackface Mountain, with a height of .

Numerous seams of coal are found in this range, with past and present mines at Cadomin, Mountain Park and Luscar.

The range gives the name to the Nikanassin Formation, a stratigraphical unit of late Jurassic age that has its stratotype in this region.

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