Mount Leval

Mount Leval
Mount Leval is located in Alberta
Mount Leval
Mount Leval
Location on the Alberta–British Columbia border
Mount Leval is located in British Columbia
Mount Leval
Mount Leval
Mount Leval (British Columbia)
Highest point
Elevation2,713 m (8,901 ft)[1][2]
Prominence263 m (863 ft)[3]
Parent peakMount Vavasour (2835 m)[3][1]
Listing
Coordinates50°45′23″N 115°26′15″W / 50.75639°N 115.43750°W / 50.75639; -115.43750[4]
Geography
CountryCanada
ProvincesAlberta and British Columbia
Parent rangeBlue Range[3]
Topo mapNTS 82J14 Spray Lakes Reservoir[4]

Mount Leval is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide. It was named in 1918 after Gaston de Leval, a Belgian lawyer who unsuccessfully defended Edith Cavell, a British nurse. Cavell was caught helping Allied soldiers escape in German-occupied Belgium during World War I. She was tried for treason under German military law and executed by firing squad in 1915.[5]

  1. ^ a b "Topographic map of Mount Leval". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 2022-07-17.
  2. ^ "Mount Leval". cdnrockiesdatabases.ca. Retrieved 2022-07-17.
  3. ^ a b c "Mount Leval". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2022-07-17.
  4. ^ a b "Mount Leval (Alberta)". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2022-07-17.
  5. ^ "Mount Leval". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2022-07-17.