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1657:Dune Za Keyih (Frog-Gataga)
1146:Unnamed Alberta–BC mountain
336:word for the number four.
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484:Belyea, Helen R. (1960).
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691:Parks Canada web site:
608:Tonsa to left of center
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326:Valley of the Ten Peaks
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699:Kootenay National Park
493:parkscanadahistory.com
465:cdnrockiesdatabases.ca
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403:Geography of Alberta
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374:subarctic climate
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1707:Mount Fernie
1611:Spray Valley
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1020:Edith Cavell
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262:Parent range
78:Mount Bowlen
39:Mount Perren
37:on left and
35:Mount Bowlen
1857:Lake Louise
1815:Communities
1801:Powder King
1776:Lake Louise
1754:Ski resorts
1717:Muncho Lake
1631:Frank Slide
1601:Sheep River
1586:Ghost River
1581:Elbow-Sheep
1576:Bragg Creek
1075:Resplendent
1000:Castleguard
970:Assiniboine
938:Hart Ranges
820:Livingstone
441:Bivouac.com
350:Precambrian
290:Lake Louise
134: /
122:116°12′00″W
109:Coordinates
73:Parent peak
1967:Categories
1915:ecoregions
1781:Little Mac
1616:White Goat
1591:Kananaskis
1571:Bow Valley
1507:Howse Pass
1304:Yellowhead
1229:Kananaskis
1005:Clemenceau
815:Kananaskis
765:Beaverfoot
506:2019-09-13
470:2019-09-24
446:2018-12-12
414:References
302:Tonsa Peak
119:51°17′51″N
63:Prominence
1872:Valemount
1662:Elk Lakes
1320:Athabasca
1299:White Man
1289:Vermilion
1189:Crowsnest
1174:Athabasca
1105:Snow Dome
1050:Kitchener
975:Athabasca
965:Andromeda
953:Mountains
910:Vermilion
855:President
845:Morrissey
810:High Rock
805:Foothills
790:Fairholme
780:Crowsnest
628:, Tonsa,
571:1027-5606
382:Bow River
268:Bow Range
236:Provinces
147:Geography
53:Elevation
1943:See also
1895:ecozones
1862:Sparwood
1697:Kwadacha
1621:Willmore
1606:Siffleur
1467:Kootenay
1447:National
1335:Crowfoot
1313:Glaciers
1279:Sunwapta
1269:Sinclair
1254:Palliser
1214:Highwood
1204:Fortress
1184:Carcajou
1040:Hungabee
1010:Columbia
900:Terminal
895:Sundance
880:Sentinel
850:Palliser
800:Flathead
497:Archived
392:See also
354:Jurassic
279:Topo map
41:on right
1837:Elkford
1827:Canmore
1796:Nakiska
1393:Peoples
1355:Vulture
1284:Tonquin
1264:Simpson
1239:Monkman
1153:Whymper
1140:Ulysses
1130:Trinity
1115:Sulphur
1090:Sarbach
1070:Pyramid
990:Cascade
980:Brazeau
960:Alberta
920:Waputik
875:Sawback
865:Rainbow
835:Massive
830:Maligne
582:Gallery
549:Bibcode
461:"Tonsa"
364:Climate
340:Geology
324:in the
316:in the
312:on the
306:Alberta
240:Alberta
226:Country
86:Listing
1852:Jasper
1842:Fernie
1766:Fernie
1672:Hamber
1462:Jasper
1374:Rivers
1340:Hector
1294:Wapiti
1274:Summit
1244:Muncho
1224:Jarvis
1209:Fraser
1162:Passes
1120:Temple
1100:Smythe
1085:Rundle
1080:Robson
1045:Joffre
1035:Hosmer
1030:Hector
1025:Forbes
995:Castle
825:Lizard
795:Fiddle
748:Ranges
630:Perren
626:Bowlen
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230:Canada
1847:Field
1822:Banff
1687:Kakwa
1567:Parks
1457:Banff
1453:Parks
1360:Wapta
1345:Peyto
1219:Howse
1194:Elbow
1169:Abbot
1065:Pilot
1060:Heart
1055:Lyell
985:Bryce
885:Slate
840:Misty
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298:Tonsa
206:Tonsa
173:Tonsa
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1472:Yoho
1382:and
1378:see
1259:Pine
1179:Bush
1135:Twin
1015:Cory
770:Blue
760:Bare
755:Ball
567:ISSN
308:and
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1893:CEC
1325:Bow
1199:Elk
870:Ram
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