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 Edith Cavell and the Angel Glacier
Snow is often evident and the lake begins to freeze over by early October.
Angel Glacier in 1992
Mt. Edith Cavell from Icefields Parkway
Jasper National Park, in Alberta, Canada, is the largest national park within Alberta's Rocky Mountains, spanning 11,000 km2 (4,200 sq mi). It was established as Jasper Forest Park in 1907, renamed as a national park in 1930, and declared a UNESCO world heritage site in 1984. Its location is north of Banff National Park and west of Edmonton. The park contains the glaciers of the Columbia Icefield, springs, lakes, waterfalls and mountains.
Athabasca Glacier in Jasper National Park
The Jasper Park Information Centre, originally constructed in 1914 as an administration building and as the park superintendent's residence
CNR advertising campaign from 1929
Mount Athabasca in the park