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    Mount Edziza Provincial Park

    Mount Edziza Provincial Park (est 1972, 2300 km 2 ha) comprises part of the Tahltan Highlands, between the Stikine and Iskut rivers in BC. The nearest community is Telegraph Creek, 20 km northwest of the park. 

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    Mount Logan

    Mount Logan, with an elevation of 5,959 m, is Canada's highest mountain. It is also the second tallest peak in North America after the United States’ Mount Denali. Mount Logan is located within Yukon’s Kluane National Park and Reserve as well as within the traditional territories of the Kluane and White River First Nations (see First Nations in Yukon).

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    Mount Lucania

    Lucania, Mount, elevation 5226 m, the third-highest mountain in Canada, is located 29 km east of the Alaska border and 50 km north of Mt LOGAN in the Yukon's St Elias Range. It was named by the duke of Abruzzi, who viewed it from Mount St Elias in 1897.

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    Mount Pearl

    Mount Pearl, NL, incorporated as a city in 1988, population 24 284 (2011c), 24 671 (2006c). The City of Mount Pearl, the province's second-largest city, is situated just southwest of St John's.

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    Mount Revelstoke National Park

    Mount Revelstoke is generally acknowledged as the birthplace of alpine skiing in Canada, and it was established, in part, because of its recreational potential. Today cross-country skiing and snowshoeing are popular winter activities. The park offers primitive backcountry campsites.

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    Mount Robson

    Mount Robson, elev 3954 m, the highest mountain in the Canadian Rocky Mts, is located 72 km NW of Jasper townsite, 10 km SW of the Continental Divide. 

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    Mount Royal

    Mount Royal is a short mountain with a wide base covering ten square kilometres. It is close to the geographic centre of the Island of Montreal. Mount Royal is Montreal’s defining physical feature and a protected site; it was designated a Historic and Natural District by the government of Quebec in 2005. By law, new buildings in Montreal may not be taller than Mount Royal. The mountain occupies a central position, not only in the urban landscape of the city of Montreal, but also in its history, culture and society.

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    Mount Royal (town)

    The Town of Mount Royal (Ville de Mont-Royal in French, also known by its English-language initials TMR), Quebec, founded 1912, population 20,953 (2021 census), 20,276 (2016 census). The Town of Mount-Royal is a planned community located on the island of Montreal, located northwest of the small mountain for which it is named (Mount Royal). It is an affluent and independent suburb entirely encircled by the city of Montreal. It is an excellent example of the garden city model city concept popular in the early 20th century. The community was created to finance the construction of the Mount Royal Tunnel, a railway tunnel that allowed the Canadian Northern Railway to access downtown Montreal.

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    Mount St. Elias

    Mount St. Elias, with an elevation of 5,489 m, is the second-highest mountain in Canada and is a boundary peak between Alaska and the Yukon. Mount St. Elias is located in the St. Elias Range, 43 km southwest of Mount Logan, Canada’s highest mountain. The mountain’s Tlingit name is Was’eitushaa, which means “mountain at the head of Icy Bay” or “mountain inland of Was’ei.”

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    Mount Vancouver

    Mount Vancouver, elevation 4785 m, situated in the Yukon Territory's St Elias Mountains, rises southeast of Mount Logan between 2 immense glacier systems, Hubbard and Seward. 

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    Mount Waddington

    Mount Waddington, elev 4016 m, the highest mountain in BC's Coast Mountains, rises near the head of Knight Inlet, 282 km NW of Vancouver. 

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    Mountains in Canada

    Mountains are prominent landforms which jut out above the surrounding landscape. Often known for their natural beauty, mountains can be popular destinations for hikers and tourists. In Canada, the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia and Alberta are especially beloved. Further north, Yukon’s Mount Logan is the tallest peak in Canada, reaching 5,959 m in altitude.

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    Mountain Range

    Mountain ranges generally belong to the same geological structure, and consist of a series of peaks and ridges surrounded by lowlands and valleys. There are many mountain ranges in Canada, including the Rocky Mountains, the St. Elias Mountains and the Laurentian Mountains.

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    Mountains in Canadian Music

    Mountains. As an inspiration for Canadian music, mountains have enjoyed limited popularity. Not unexpectedly the mountains most often referred to are the Rockies of Alberta and British Columbia.

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  • Memory Project Archive

    Bessie Aileen Red Heaslip Strathdee (Primary Source)

    Bessie Aileen Red Heaslip Strathdee served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War. Read and listen to her testimony below. Please be advised that Memory Project primary sources may deal with personal testimony that reflect the speaker’s recollections and interpretations of events. Individual testimony does not necessarily reflect the views of the Memory Project and Historica Canada.

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