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Heights in Each Province and Territory—Continued Quebec Alberta 16 PHYSIOGRAPHY AND RELATED SCIENCES 7.—Principal Heights in each Province and Territory—continued Province and Height Elevation Province and Height ft. Nova Scotia Alberta—concluded Ingonish Mountain 1,392 Rockies—concluded Creignish Hills (at Creignish) 850 The Twins (S Peak) Cobequid Mountains (at E Mapleton) 840 Mount Temple North Mountain (4 miles NE of Annapolis) 590 Mount Kitchener South Mountain (at Annapolis) 515 *Mount Lyell •Mount Hungabee New Brunswick Mount Athabasca. *Mount King Edward Mount Carleton 2,690 Stutfield Green Mountain 1,596 Mount Brazeau , Moose Mountain 1,490 *Mount Victoria , *The Snow Dome Quebec *Mount Joffre *Mount Deltaform Appalac hians— *Mount Lefroy Mount Jacques Cartier (Shickshocks)... 4,160 •Mount Alexandra Mount Richardson 3,885 •Mount Sir Douglas Barn Mountain 3,775 Woolley Mount Logan 3,700 •Lunette Peak Megantic Mountain 3,625 Mount Hector Mount Albert 3,550 Diadem Peak Bayfield Mountain 3,470 Mount Edith Cavell Mattawa Mountain 3,370 Mount Chown Roundtop (Sutton Mountains) 3,175 Mount Wilson Hereford Mountain 2,760 Clearwater Mountain Orford Mountain 2,750 Mount Coleman Pinnacle Mountain 2,150 Eiffel Peak Brome Mountain 1,800 Pinnacle Mount Shefford Mountain 1,725 Mount Fryatt Shield- Mount Rundle Mount Tremblant 3,150 The Three Sisters Mount Ste. Anne 2,625 Mount Eisenhower Mount Sir Wilfrid 2,569 Mount Edith Monteregian Hills— St. Hilaire Mountain 1,350 British Columbia Yamaska Mountain 1,350 Rougemont 1,200 Vancouver Island Range— Mount Johnson 750 Mount Albert Edward Mount Royal 750 Mount Arrowsmith Coast Range- Ontario Mount Waddington Tiedemann Tip Top Hill 2,120 Mount Tatlow Mount Batchawana 2,100 Skihist Mountain Niagara Escarpment- Crown Mountain Osier Bluff 1,700 St. Elias Mountains— Caledon Mountain 1,400 Mount Fairweather Blue Mountain 1,250 Mount Root High Hill 1,150 Columbia Mountains— Mount Nemo 1,000 Monashee— Mount Begbie Manitoba Storm Hill Selkirks— Duck Mountain... 2,727 Mount Sandford Porcupine Mountain 2,700 Mount Wheeler Riding Mountain 2,000 Selwyn Mount Dawson Saskatchewan Adamant Mountain Grand Mountain Cypress Hills (Summit) 4,810 Mount Sir Donald Wood Mountain (West Summit) 3,371 Iconoclast Mountain Wood Mountain (East Summit) 3,347 Mount Rogers Vermilion Hills 2,500 Purcells— Mount Delphine Alberta Nelson Peak Rockies— Rockies— Mount Robson *Mount Columbia 12,294 Clemenceau The Twins (N Peak) 12,085 Mount Goodsir Mount Forbes 11,902 Mount Bryce Mount Alberta 11,874 Resplendent •Mount Assiniboine 11,870! Mount King George For footnotes, see end of table, p. 17. .
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