Edith Louisa Cavell was a British nurse. She is celebrated for treating wounded soldiers from both sides without discrimination during the First World War and for helping some 200 Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium. Cavell was arrested, court-martialled under German military law and sentenced to death by firing squad. Despite international pressure for mercy, the German government refused to commute her sentence, and she was shot. The execution received worldwide condemnation and extensive press coverage.
Mount Edith Cavell is a mountain in the Athabasca River and Astoria River valleys of Jasper National Park, and the most prominent peak entirely within Alberta.
Mount Bryce is a mountain at the southwestern corner of the Columbia Icefield, in British Columbia, Canada, near the border with Alberta. It can be seen from the Icefields Parkway.
The Elk Range is a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies, located on the southern edge of Kananaskis on the Alberta-British Columbia border. The range was named for elk found on the mountain slopes and in the nearby Elk River valley. Originally known as the Elk Mountains in 1917, the name was formally changed to the Elk Range in 1951.
The South Jasper Ranges are mountain ranges of the Rocky Mountains in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada.
Mount Muir is a mountain located on the Continental Divide on the Alberta-British Columbia border. The mountain was named in 1918 after Alexander Muir. It is located in the High Rock Range.
Mount Ulysses, is the highest mountain in the Muskwa Ranges of the Northern Canadian Rockies in British Columbia. It and neighbouring peaks are part of a group of names drawing on the epic poem The Odyssey, in which here Ulysses wanders for 10 years before being able to return home to Ithaca.
Mount Côté is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia. The mountain is named for Jean Côté, a Canadian politician.
Mount Bess is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia. It is the 83rd highest peak in Alberta. It was named in 1910 by J. Norman Collie after Bessie Gunn, who accompanied Collie's expedition.
Mons Peak is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia. It was named in 1920 after the town of Mons in Belgium.
Mount Leman is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia. It was named in 1918 after Gérard Leman, a Belgian General who led the defensive forces in the Battle of Liège during World War I. He was captured by German forces and held as a prisoner of war until 1917.
Mount Queen Elizabeth is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia, directly east of Mount King Albert. It was named in 1916 by interprovincial boundary surveyors after Queen Elisabeth of Belgium. Note that Elisabeth is the correct spelling of her name.
Mount King Albert is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide at the North end of Height of the Rockies Provincial Park. It was named in 1918 after King Albert.
A mountain formerly known as Mount Pétain, but with no current official name, is located on the border of the Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia (BC) on the Continental Divide.
Mount Odlum is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide. It was named in 1917 after Victor Wentworth Odlum, Brigadier-General in the Canadian army during World War I. After the war, he entered politics from 1924–1947.
Mount Loomis is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide. It was named in 1918 after Frederick Oscar Warren Loomis, a Canadian Army general who served in World War I.
Mount Etherington is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide. It was named in 1918 after Colonel Frederick Etherington C.M.G.
Mount Lyall is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide. It was named in 1917 after the Scottish botanist David Lyall (1817–1895).
Mount Darrah is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide. It was named in 1916 after Captain Darrah.
