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Mount King Edward rises on the Alberta-British Columbia border at the head of the Athabasca River valley in Jasper National Park, standing on the Continental Divide east of Mount Columbia. Mary Schäffer Warren named it in 1906 for King Edward VII. The mountain has sometimes been mistaken for King Edward Peak, a separate summit near the United States border named for the same monarch. Its climbing history began with an unsuccessful west-face attempt in 1920, when A. Carpe and H. Palmer turned back at 10,800 feet. The first successful ascent came in 1924, when J. W. A. Hickson and Howard Palmer reached the summit with Conrad Kain.
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