While playing golf one morning, my playing
partner, a lodge staff member, told me the story of Mount Edith Cavell.
When Brussels fell to the German army during
World War I, a British nurse in charge of a local nursing school refused
to leave her post. Edith Cavell cared for the wounded of both sides
and helped over 200 allied soldiers escape. She was arrested on charges
of espionage and executed by a firing squad on October 12, 1915.
Mount Edith Cavell, Jasper
National Park, Alberta, Canada
The highest mountain
in the Athabasca chain was named in her honor – Mount Edith Cavell.
Getting to Mount Edith Cavell is a scenic experience.
A switchback road climbs 9 miles to a viewpoint under the mountain’s spectacular
north face. Camping trailers are not permitted on the winding road,
which is open only in summer and becomes a cross-country ski trail in winter.