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However, the name refers to a story of Ĩ-ktomnĩ, the old man or trickster, who would promise 'three sisters' in marriage whenever he was in trouble. [4] This trio of peaks has a significant role in the town of Canmore, tourism, and hiking in the area. The Three Sisters may be the most recognized peaks in the Bow River Valley. [5]
The Canmore Folk Music Festival is the longest running music festival in Alberta, and in 2007 celebrated its 30th year. The Canmore Highland Games [54] are presented annually by the Three Sisters Scottish Society on the September long weekend. They are in their 17th year.
Three family home or Three family house: U.S. real estate and advertising term for several configurations of apartment classed dwelling buildings including: Triple decker : a three-family apartment house, usually of frame construction, in which all three apartment units are stacked on top of one another.
The Three Sisters is a mountain immediately north of Fernie, British Columbia, northwest of the confluence of Fairy Creek with the Elk River. [1] It should not be confused with the Alberta Rockies' peaks of the same name , located further north outside Canmore .
Three-family or triplex: three living units, either attached side by side and sharing common walls, or stacked (in some countries, called a three-decker or triple-decker) Four-family or quadplex or quad : four living units, typically with two units on the first floor and two on the second, or side-by-side
Ehagay Nakoda (/ eɪ ˈ h ɑː ɡ eɪ n ə ˈ k oʊ d ə / ay-HAH-gay nə-KOH-də; Stoney Nakoda variants include Ehage Nakoda and Îhage Nakoda [eˈhage, ĩˈhage naˈkoda] [a]) is a multipeaked massif located immediately south of the town of Canmore just east of the Spray Lakes road in Alberta's Canadian Rockies.
The Three Sisters are a land formation near Victoria West, Northern Cape, South Africa, comprising three distinctively shaped hills. The farm on which they are situated and the nearby railway siding are also named Three Sisters. The hills (or "koppies" as they are known locally) are topped with dolorite, and are nearly identical in appearance.
The name of the mountain has been subject to much controversy. Originally, the mountain was referred to locally as The Beehive. [6] In 1896 Ha Ling, a Chinese cook for the Canadian Pacific Railway (some say the Okaloosa Hotel in Canmore) was bet 50 dollars that he could not climb the peak and plant a flag on the summit in less than 10 hours.
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