Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Battle River is a river in central Alberta and western Saskatchewan, Canada. It is a major tributary of the North Saskatchewan River. [3] [4] The Battle River flows for 570 kilometres (350 mi) and drains a total area of 30,300 square kilometres (11,700 sq mi). Its mean discharge at the mouth is 10 m³/s. [5]
October 21 – World War II: Smokey Smith earns the Victoria Cross on the Savio River in Italy. November 24–29: Because of a rumour that conscripts are about to deployed for overseas service, a significant number of conscripts stationed in Terrace, British Columbia, mutiny.
Mount Bolton is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide, northeast of Elkford, Kootenay Land District. [4] It was named after Bolton, Lambert Ernest Stanley DLS. [1] [3] Bolton was serving with the Canadian Pioneers, 1st Battilion when he was killed in action on June 13, 1916. [4]
also William Irvine, a former Progressive and United Farmers of Alberta MP (1917–1935) and founding member of the CCF who was defeated in 1935 returns to Parliament, this time as a British Columbia MP, marking the first time he is elected as a CCFer – editor – CCF – Cariboo – MP 1945–1949 (ran, CCF lost)
Battle River was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada at various times from 1914 to 2005. This riding was created in 1914 from parts of Strathcona and Victoria ridings. It was abolished in 1952 when it was redistributed into Acadia, Battle River—Camrose, Red Deer and ...
Fresnoy Mountain is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia. It was named in 1919 after Fresnoy-en-Gohelle, a village in France, in commemoration of the World War I battle fought there by Canadian forces in 1917. [3] [1]
Mount Strachan is located North of Fording River Pass and straddles the Continental Divide marking the Alberta-British Columbia border. [5] It was named in 1918 after Lt. Henry Strachan, VC, a Scottish born Canadian army officer.
There is no universally accepted hierarchical division of the Canadian Rockies into subranges. [1] [2] For ease of navigation only, this article follows [1] and divides the Canadian Rockies into Far Northern Rockies, Northern Continental Ranges, Central Main Ranges, Central Front Ranges and Southern Continental Ranges, each of these subdivided in distinct areas and ranges.