The first recorded visit to the Athabasca Valley was by surveyor David Thompson in 1810. The North West Company built a supply depot on Brule Lake in 1813, a settlement which later became known as Jasper House after North West Company clerk Jasper Haws. With the decline of the fur trade, Jasper House was abandoned…
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Mount Edith Cavell is located in the Athabasca River and Astoria River valleys of Jasper National Park. To get to the trailheads, go 7 km south of Jasper on Highway 93 and turn right onto Highway 93A. Travel 5.4 km and turn right onto the Cavell Road. Angel Glacier is visible from Cavell Meadows, which spills over a 300 metres (984 ft)…
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Columbia Icefields Parkway (Hwy 93N) Banff to Jasper, Alberta, Canada
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