Defender Mountain
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Defender Mountain is located on the border of Alberta
and British Columbia
on the Continental Divide
. It was named in 1921 by the Interprovincial Boundary Survey after the HMS Defender
.
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
and British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
on the Continental Divide
Continental Divide
The Continental Divide of the Americas, or merely the Continental Gulf of Division or Great Divide, is the name given to the principal, and largely mountainous, hydrological divide of the Americas that separates the watersheds that drain into the Pacific Ocean from those river systems that drain...
. It was named in 1921 by the Interprovincial Boundary Survey after the HMS Defender
HMS Defender (1911)
HMS Defender was an Acheron-class destroyer which was built in 1911, served throughout World War I and was broken up in 1921. She was the fifth ship of the name to serve in the Royal Navy.-Construction:...
.
See also
- List of peaks on the British Columbia-Alberta border
- Mountains of AlbertaMountains of AlbertaMost of Alberta's mountains are found in the south-western part of the province of Alberta on the eastern slopes of the Canadian Rockies . Other elevated spots can be found in the Caribou Mountains and the Cypress Hills....
- Mountains of British Columbia