Today you will notice, officially, the mountain named by Blakiston to honour John Gould is now Tornado Mountain. The southern outlier is Gould's Dome.

(In this writer's mind, the mistake should be corrected. After you have finished your journey please write the Alberta government with this request.)

So who was John Gould you ask?

Blakiston showed the great interest in the natural sciences by naming the mountain range after another famous British naturalist

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Thomas Blakiston in Japan

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