Mount Ishbel
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Mount Ishbel is a mountain peak in Alberta
, Canada
.
The peak is located in the Sawback Range
in Alberta's Rockies
, north of the Bow Valley Parkway and east of Johnston Canyon
.
It was named in 1956 after Ishbel MacDonald
was the eldest daughter of Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald
of Great Britain
. It gives the name to the Ishbel Group
, a stratigraphical unit of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin
.
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...
, 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...
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The peak is located in the Sawback Range
Sawback Range
The Sawback Range is a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies that stretches from the Bow Valley in Alberta into southeastern Banff National Park.-Mountains:This range includes the following mountains and peaks:-References:...
in Alberta's Rockies
Alberta's Rockies
Alberta's Rockies comprises the Canadian Rockies in the province of Alberta, Canada. It is a region on the southwestern part of the province, along the British Columbia border. It covers all but the south of Census Division 15....
, north of the Bow Valley Parkway and east of Johnston Canyon
Johnston Creek (Alberta)
Johnston Creek is a tributary of the Bow River in Canada's Rocky Mountains. The creek is located in Banff National Park.-Course:Johnston Creek originates north of Castle Mountain in a glacial valley southwest of Badger Pass and south of Pulsatilla Pass, at an elevation of...
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It was named in 1956 after Ishbel MacDonald
Ishbel MacDonald
Ishbel Allan MacDonald was the daughter of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Ramsay MacDonald and his wife Margaret MacDonald née Gladstone. Margaret's death in 1911 - a year after their son David had died - left Ramsay a single father to his remaining five children...
was the eldest daughter of Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald
Ramsay MacDonald
James Ramsay MacDonald, PC, FRS was a British politician who was the first ever Labour Prime Minister, leading a minority government for two terms....
of Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
. It gives the name to the Ishbel Group
Ishbel Group
The Ishbel Group is a stratigraphical unit of Permian age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.It was first defined by A. McGugan in 1963...
, a stratigraphical unit of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin
Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin
The Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin is a vast sedimentary basin underlying of Western Canada including southwestern Manitoba, southern Saskatchewan, Alberta, northeastern British Columbia and the southwest corner of the Northwest Territories. It consists of a massive wedge of sedimentary rock...
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