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1740:Mount Fernie
1644:Spray Valley
1520:Jasper House
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1128:Saskatchewan
1053:Edith Cavell
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344:Mount Watson
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312:Type of rock
260:Parent range
198:Mount Watson
165:Mount Watson
36:Mount Watson
1890:Lake Louise
1848:Communities
1834:Powder King
1809:Lake Louise
1787:Ski resorts
1750:Muncho Lake
1664:Frank Slide
1634:Sheep River
1619:Ghost River
1614:Elbow-Sheep
1609:Bragg Creek
1108:Resplendent
1033:Castleguard
1003:Assiniboine
971:Hart Ranges
853:Livingstone
651:Nestor Peak
646:Indian Peak
484:Bivouac.com
300:Age of rock
266:Park Ranges
126: /
114:115°42′46″W
101:Coordinates
79:Parent peak
2000:Categories
1948:ecoregions
1814:Little Mac
1649:White Goat
1624:Kananaskis
1604:Bow Valley
1540:Howse Pass
1337:Yellowhead
1262:Kananaskis
1038:Clemenceau
848:Kananaskis
798:Beaverfoot
524:2019-02-09
489:2019-02-09
455:References
111:50°53′23″N
69:Prominence
1905:Valemount
1695:Elk Lakes
1353:Athabasca
1332:White Man
1322:Vermilion
1222:Crowsnest
1207:Athabasca
1138:Snow Dome
1083:Kitchener
1008:Athabasca
998:Andromeda
986:Mountains
943:Vermilion
888:President
878:Morrissey
843:High Rock
838:Foothills
823:Fairholme
813:Crowsnest
682:Mount Sam
566:1027-5606
350:, in the
139:Geography
59:Elevation
1976:See also
1928:ecozones
1895:Sparwood
1730:Kwadacha
1654:Willmore
1639:Siffleur
1500:Kootenay
1480:National
1368:Crowfoot
1346:Glaciers
1312:Sunwapta
1302:Sinclair
1287:Palliser
1247:Highwood
1237:Fortress
1217:Carcajou
1073:Hungabee
1043:Columbia
933:Terminal
928:Sundance
913:Sentinel
883:Palliser
833:Flathead
656:Nub Peak
438:See also
400:Cambrian
336:Scramble
323:Climbing
305:Cambrian
277:Topo map
238:District
228:Province
1870:Elkford
1860:Canmore
1829:Nakiska
1426:Peoples
1388:Vulture
1317:Tonquin
1297:Simpson
1272:Monkman
1186:Whymper
1173:Ulysses
1163:Trinity
1148:Sulphur
1123:Sarbach
1103:Pyramid
1023:Cascade
1013:Brazeau
993:Alberta
953:Waputik
908:Sawback
898:Rainbow
868:Massive
863:Maligne
418:Climate
390:Geology
370:History
294:Geology
218:Country
89:Listing
1885:Jasper
1875:Fernie
1799:Fernie
1705:Hamber
1495:Jasper
1407:Rivers
1373:Hector
1327:Wapiti
1307:Summit
1277:Muncho
1257:Jarvis
1242:Fraser
1195:Passes
1153:Temple
1133:Smythe
1118:Rundle
1113:Robson
1078:Joffre
1068:Hosmer
1063:Hector
1058:Forbes
1028:Castle
858:Lizard
828:Fiddle
781:Ranges
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432:runoff
360:Canada
222:Canada
1880:Field
1855:Banff
1720:Kakwa
1600:Parks
1490:Banff
1486:Parks
1393:Wapta
1378:Peyto
1252:Howse
1227:Elbow
1202:Abbot
1098:Pilot
1093:Heart
1088:Lyell
1018:Bryce
918:Slate
873:Misty
285:82J13
1505:Yoho
1415:and
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1292:Pine
1212:Bush
1168:Twin
1048:Cory
803:Blue
793:Bare
788:Ball
562:ISSN
1946:WWF
1926:CEC
1358:Bow
1232:Elk
903:Ram
818:Elk
808:Bow
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282:NTS
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