Mount King Edward
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Mount King Edward is a mountain located at the head of the Athabasca River valley in Jasper National Park, Canada. Mt. King Edward is situated on the Continental Divide with Mt. Columbia 5Template:Frac km (3.4 mi) east. The mountain was named in 1906 by Mary Schäffer Warren after King Edward VII.<ref name=peakfinder/>
Mt. King Edward should not be confused with King Edward Peak, Template:Convert, just north of the US border, although it too was named after King Edward.
The mountain was first climbed in 1924 by J. W. A. Hickson, Howard Palmer, guided by Conrad Kain<ref name=peakfinder/><ref name=Thorington1966/> A. Carpe and H. Palmer made an attempt on the West face in 1920 but only managed to reached Template:Convert.<ref name=Thorington1966/>
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- Mt. King Edward from Mt. Columbia.jpg
Mount King Edward from Mount Columbia's summit
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