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National Geographic : 1947 Jun
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© National Geographic Society Kodachrome by Walter Meayers Edwards In Wild Grandeur, Mount Athabaska's Main Peak Towers Skyward as ClimbersScale Its Parker Ridge From its summit J. Norman Collie, in 1898, discovered the great Columbia Icefield, "Mother of Rivers." Athabaska isaCree Indian name, meaning "Where There Are Reeds," referring to the muddy delta of the river at Lake Athabaska, many miles to the north. The massive mountain spread-eagles the boundary ofBanff and Jasper National Parks.
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