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This is a list of peaks on the Alberta–British Columbia border, being the spine of the Continental Divide from the Canada–United States border to the 120th meridian, which is where the boundary departs from the Continental Divide and goes due north to the 60th parallel.
In 2011 the facility showed a province wide net economic impact of $14 million, 175 full-time equivalent jobs sustained province wide, a total of $4.4 million federal and $1.9 million provincial and $800,000 local taxes generated. [30] The Alberta government committed $18 million to rebuild the Course and to protect it from future flood damage ...
[1] [2] It includes the Macdonald Range in British Columbia and Montana west of the Flathead River and east of the Wigwam River, the Clark Range straddling the British Columbia-Alberta-Montana borders east of the Flathead River, the Galton Range in British Columbia and Montana on the west side of the Wigwam River, and the Lewis Range in Alberta ...
In some jurisdictions, including parts of the United States, [2] the term "reclamation" can refer to land rehabilitation, as in returning disturbed lands to an improved state, instead of the land fill of water bodies. In Alberta, Canada, for example, reclamation is defined by the provincial government as "The process of reconverting disturbed ...
A similar land reclamation system using dams and drainage canals was used in the Greek Copaic Basin during the Middle Helladic Period (c. 1900–1600 BC). [1] Another early large-scale project was the Beemster Polder in the Netherlands, realized in 1612 adding 70 square kilometres (27 sq mi) of land.
The Government of Alberta reported in 2013 that tailings ponds in the Alberta oil sands covered an area of about 77 square kilometres (30 sq mi). [123] The Tailings Management Framework for Mineable Oil Sands is part of Alberta's Progressive Reclamation Strategy for the oil sands to ensure that tailings are reclaimed as quickly as possible. [126]
Athabasca Pass (el. 1,753 m or 5,751 ft) is a high mountain pass in the Canadian Rockies on the border between Alberta and British Columbia. [1] In fur trade days it connected Jasper House on the Athabasca River with Boat Encampment on the Columbia River. [2] The pass lies between Mount Brown and McGillivray Ridge.
Glacier Peak is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia in the Canadian Rockies. It was named in 1894 by Samuel E.S. Allen in reference to the glacier on the northern side of the mountain. [1] [2]