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Arthur Crocker Leighton, R. C. A. (1901 – 1965, Canadian)

Mount Edith

Mount Edith

Gift of Robert Fulton, Calgary, 2021

Mount Edith is part of the Sawback Range and was named in 1886 for Edith Orde, assistant to Lady Agnes Macdonald, wife of Canada’s first Prime Minister.

In the spirit of reconciliation, we acknowledge that we live, work and play on the traditional territories of the Iyârhe Nakoda Nations (Bearspaw, Wesley, Chiniki), the Blackfoot Confederacy (Siksika, Kainai, Piikani), the Tsuut’ina – part of the Dene people, Ktunaxa, Secwépemc, Mountain Cree and Métis. Please click here for our full Indigenous Acknowledgement statement. Please click here for "The Land We Are On: A Presentation about Land Acknowledgement Statements and What They Mean."

WHYTE MUSEUM OF THE
CANADIAN ROCKIES

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