Mount Leval | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,713 m (8,901 ft) [1] [2] |
Prominence | 263 m (863 ft) [3] |
Parent peak | Mount Vavasour (2835 m) [3] [1] |
Listing | |
Coordinates | 50°45′23″N 115°26′15″W / 50.75639°N 115.43750°W [4] |
Geography | |
Country | Canada |
Provinces | Alberta and British Columbia |
Parent range | Blue Range [3] |
Topo map | NTS 82J14 Spray Lakes Reservoir [4] |
Mount Leval is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide. It was named in 1918 after Gaston de Leval, a Belgian lawyer who unsuccessfully defended Edith Cavell, a British nurse. Cavell was caught helping Allied soldiers escape in German-occupied Belgium during World War I. She was tried for treason under German military law and executed by firing squad in 1915. [5]
Mount Leval | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,713 m (8,901 ft) [1] [2] |
Prominence | 263 m (863 ft) [3] |
Parent peak | Mount Vavasour (2835 m) [3] [1] |
Listing | |
Coordinates | 50°45′23″N 115°26′15″W / 50.75639°N 115.43750°W [4] |
Geography | |
Country | Canada |
Provinces | Alberta and British Columbia |
Parent range | Blue Range [3] |
Topo map | NTS 82J14 Spray Lakes Reservoir [4] |
Mount Leval is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide. It was named in 1918 after Gaston de Leval, a Belgian lawyer who unsuccessfully defended Edith Cavell, a British nurse. Cavell was caught helping Allied soldiers escape in German-occupied Belgium during World War I. She was tried for treason under German military law and executed by firing squad in 1915. [5]