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Mount Edith Cavell

 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.
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