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Hector Lake

Hector Lake

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Columbia Icefield .

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This massive field of ancient ice covers 325 sq km (125 sq mi) and reaches depths estimated at 385 m (1,270 ft). It is composed of the Athabasca, Stutfield and Dome glaciers. Straddling the Continental Divide, the icefield feeds four of the continent’s major river systems: the Columbia, Fraser, Mackenzie and Saskatchewan. Meltwaters from the icefield flow to three different oceans (the Pacific, Arctic and Atlantic via Hudson Bay). Called a ‘hydrological apex,’ it is one of two in North America, the other being Triple Divide Peak on the Montana/Idaho border. (Another is in more..

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