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1666:Spray Valley
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283:Type of rock
235:Parent range
213:Mount Hector
174:Mount Hector
22:Mount Hector
1912:Lake Louise
1870:Communities
1856:Powder King
1831:Lake Louise
1809:Ski resorts
1772:Muncho Lake
1686:Frank Slide
1656:Sheep River
1641:Ghost River
1636:Elbow-Sheep
1631:Bragg Creek
1130:Resplendent
1055:Castleguard
1025:Assiniboine
993:Hart Ranges
875:Livingstone
538:Bivouac.com
401:Precambrian
385:Charles Fay
374:Lake Louise
271:Age of rock
259:Hector Lake
135: /
123:116°15′30″W
110:Coordinates
68:Parent peak
2022:Categories
1970:ecoregions
1836:Little Mac
1671:White Goat
1646:Kananaskis
1626:Bow Valley
1562:Howse Pass
1359:Yellowhead
1284:Kananaskis
1060:Clemenceau
870:Kananaskis
820:Beaverfoot
679:2019-09-13
627:2019-06-25
575:2019-06-25
543:2019-05-10
512:2012-12-23
487:References
120:51°34′24″N
52:Prominence
1927:Valemount
1717:Elk Lakes
1375:Athabasca
1354:White Man
1344:Vermilion
1244:Crowsnest
1229:Athabasca
1160:Snow Dome
1105:Kitchener
1030:Athabasca
1020:Andromeda
1008:Mountains
965:Vermilion
910:President
900:Morrissey
865:High Rock
860:Foothills
845:Fairholme
835:Crowsnest
743:1027-5606
449:Bow River
425:quartzite
417:dolostone
344:, in the
148:Geography
42:Elevation
1998:See also
1950:ecozones
1917:Sparwood
1752:Kwadacha
1676:Willmore
1661:Siffleur
1522:Kootenay
1502:National
1390:Crowfoot
1368:Glaciers
1334:Sunwapta
1324:Sinclair
1309:Palliser
1269:Highwood
1259:Fortress
1239:Carcajou
1095:Hungabee
1065:Columbia
955:Terminal
950:Sundance
935:Sentinel
905:Palliser
855:Flathead
670:Archived
455:See also
405:Jurassic
294:Climbing
276:Cambrian
248:Topo map
1892:Elkford
1882:Canmore
1851:Nakiska
1448:Peoples
1410:Vulture
1339:Tonquin
1319:Simpson
1294:Monkman
1208:Whymper
1195:Ulysses
1185:Trinity
1170:Sulphur
1145:Sarbach
1125:Pyramid
1045:Cascade
1035:Brazeau
1015:Alberta
975:Waputik
930:Sawback
920:Rainbow
890:Massive
885:Maligne
721:Bibcode
431:Climate
419:of the
391:Geology
350:Alberta
265:Geology
181:Alberta
80:Listing
1907:Jasper
1897:Fernie
1821:Fernie
1727:Hamber
1517:Jasper
1429:Rivers
1395:Hector
1349:Wapiti
1329:Summit
1299:Muncho
1279:Jarvis
1264:Fraser
1217:Passes
1175:Temple
1155:Smythe
1140:Rundle
1135:Robson
1100:Joffre
1090:Hosmer
1085:Hector
1080:Forbes
1050:Castle
880:Lizard
850:Fiddle
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360:after
354:Canada
185:Canada
1902:Field
1877:Banff
1742:Kakwa
1622:Parks
1512:Banff
1508:Parks
1415:Wapta
1400:Peyto
1274:Howse
1249:Elbow
1224:Abbot
1120:Pilot
1115:Heart
1110:Lyell
1040:Bryce
940:Slate
895:Misty
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1437:and
1433:see
1314:Pine
1234:Bush
1190:Twin
1070:Cory
825:Blue
815:Bare
810:Ball
739:ISSN
598:ISBN
564:ISBN
415:and
304:1895
256:82N9
101:65th
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1968:WWF
1948:CEC
1380:Bow
1254:Elk
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