Sulphur Mountain Cosmic Ray Station

Sulphur Mountain Cosmic Ray Station (HM22EX)

Location: Banff, Alberta T0L Division No. 15
Country: Canada
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N 51° 8.829', W 115° 34.735'

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Located at the top of Sulfur Mountain, the cosmic ray station was completed by the National Research Council in 1956, in preparation for International Geophysical Year (1957-1958) an undertaking involving 66 countries and a dozen scientific disciplines. The study of cosmic rays held a prominent place, with 99 cosmic ray stations (nine in Canada) in operation worldwide during IGY. Due to its high elevation Sulfur Mountain was the most important Canadian station. In 1960 the University of Alberta at Calgary took over the station, which was closed in 1978. The building itself was dismantled in 1981.
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HM NumberHM22EX
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Year Placed1982
Placed ByHistoric Sites and Monuments Board of Canada
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Date Added Tuesday, October 31st, 2017 at 10:02am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)11U E 599398 N 5667148
Decimal Degrees51.14715000, -115.57891667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 51° 8.829', W 115° 34.735'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds51° 8' 49.74" N, 115° 34' 44.1" W
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