Mount Cory (Alberta)
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Mount Cory is a mountain
located in the Bow River
Valley in southeast Banff National Park
, Canada
. The mountain was named in 1923 after William Wallace Cory
, deputy minister of the Interior from 1905 to 1930.
Mountain
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located in the Bow River
Bow River
The Bow River is a river in the Canadian province of Alberta. It is a tributary of the South Saskatchewan River, and is considered the headwater of the Nelson River....
Valley in southeast Banff National Park
Banff National Park
Banff National Park is Canada's oldest national park, established in 1885 in the Rocky Mountains. The park, located 110–180 kilometres west of Calgary in the province of Alberta, encompasses of mountainous terrain, with numerous glaciers and ice fields, dense coniferous forest, and alpine...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. The mountain was named in 1923 after William Wallace Cory
William Wallace Cory
William Wallace Cory was Commissioner of the Northwest Territories from June 27, 1919 to February 17, 1931.Only the second Commissioner of the Northwest Territories to take the post, Cory inherited a region that had barely been governed during the time of his predecessor.Within months the new...
, deputy minister of the Interior from 1905 to 1930.