Princess Margaret Mountain
Encyclopedia
Princess Margaret Mountain is a mountain
located in the Bow River
valley of Banff National Park
, 2.5 km (1.6 mi) west of Mount Charles Stewart
.
The mountain was named in 1958 after Princess Margaret
(sister of Queen Elizabeth II
), who had visited Banff and spent a night in a location near the mountain.
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 of 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...
, 2.5 km (1.6 mi) west of Mount Charles Stewart
Mount Charles Stewart
Mount Charles Stewart is a mountain located in the Bow River valley of Banff National Park.The mountain was named in 1928 after Charles Stewart, who served as premier of Alberta from 1917 to 1921.- References :...
.
The mountain was named in 1958 after Princess Margaret
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon was the younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II and the younger daughter of King George VI....
(sister of Queen Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Elizabeth II is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize,...
), who had visited Banff and spent a night in a location near the mountain.