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Yellowhead Pass, the Glossary

The Yellowhead Pass is a mountain pass across the Continental Divide of the Americas in the Canadian Rockies.^[1]

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Borders of Alberta
Borders of British Columbia
Canadian National Railway facilities
Jasper National Park
Landforms on the National Historic Sites of Canada register
Mountain passes of Alberta
Rail mountain passes of Alberta
Rail mountain passes of British Columbia

Alberta

Alberta is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.

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British Columbia

British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada.

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The Canadian National Railway Company (Compagnie des chemins de fer nationaux du Canada) is a Canadian Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, which serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States.

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Canadian Northern Railway

The Canadian Northern Railway (CNoR) was a historic Canadian transcontinental railway.

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Canadian Pacific Railway

The Canadian Pacific Railway (Chemin de fer Canadien Pacifique), also known simply as CPR or Canadian Pacific and formerly as CP Rail (1968–1996), is a Canadian Class I railway incorporated in 1881.

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Canadian Rockies

The Canadian Rockies (Rocheuses canadiennes) or Canadian Rocky Mountains, comprising both the Alberta Rockies and the British Columbian Rockies, is the Canadian segment of the North American Rocky Mountains.

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Continental Divide of the Americas

The Continental Divide of the Americas (also known as the Great Divide, the Western Divide or simply the Continental Divide) is the principal, and largely mountainous, hydrological divide of the Americas. Yellowhead Pass and Continental Divide of the Americas are Great Divide of North America.

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EMD GP9

The EMD GP9 is a four-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division between 1954 and 1959.

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Grand Trunk Pacific Railway

The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway was a historic Canadian transcontinental railway running from Fort William, Ontario (now Thunder Bay) to Prince Rupert, British Columbia, a Pacific coast port.

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Hudson's Bay Company

The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC; Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson) is an American and Canadian-based retail business group.

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Iroquois

The Iroquois, also known as the Five Nations, and later as the Six Nations from 1722 onwards; alternatively referred to by the endonym Haudenosaunee are an Iroquoian-speaking confederacy of Native Americans and First Nations peoples in northeast North America.

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Jasper National Park

Jasper National Park, in Alberta, Canada, is the largest national park within Alberta's Rocky Mountains, spanning.

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Jasper–Prince Rupert train

The Jasper–Prince Rupert train (formerly the Skeena and Panorama, now known as Trains 5/6, sometimes called The Rupert Rocket) is a Canadian passenger train service operated by Via Rail between Jasper, Alberta, Prince George and Prince Rupert in British Columbia.

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Kicking Horse Pass

Kicking Horse Pass (el.) is a high mountain pass across the Continental Divide of the Americas of the Canadian Rockies on the Alberta–British Columbia border, and lying within Yoho and Banff national parks. Yellowhead Pass and Kicking Horse Pass are borders of Alberta, borders of British Columbia, Great Divide of North America, mountain passes of Alberta, mountain passes of British Columbia, national Historic Sites in Alberta, national Historic Sites in British Columbia, rail mountain passes of Alberta and rail mountain passes of British Columbia.

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List of mountain passes

This is a list of mountain passes.

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List of Rocky Mountain passes on the continental divide

This is a list of Rocky Mountain passes on the Continental Divide of the Americas. Yellowhead Pass and list of Rocky Mountain passes on the continental divide are Great Divide of North America.

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Métis

The Métis are an Indigenous people whose historical homelands include Canada's three Prairie Provinces.

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Mount Robson Provincial Park

Mount Robson Provincial Park is a provincial park in the Canadian Rockies with an area of 2,249 km.

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Mountain pass

A mountain pass is a navigable route through a mountain range or over a ridge.

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National Topographic System

The National Topographic System or NTS is the system used by Natural Resources Canada for providing general purpose topographic maps of the country.

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Parks Canada

Parks Canada (Parcs Canada),Parks Canada is the applied title under the Federal Identity Program; the legal title is Parks Canada Agency.

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Provinces and territories of Canada

Canada has ten provinces and three territories that are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Constitution.

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Rocky Mountaineer

The Rocky Mountaineer is a Canadian rail-tour company based in Vancouver that operates luxury scenic trains on four rail routes in British Columbia, Alberta, Colorado, and Utah.

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Rocky Mountains

The Rocky Mountains, also known as the Rockies, are a major mountain range and the largest mountain system in North America. Yellowhead Pass and Rocky Mountains are Great Divide of North America.

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Sandford Fleming

Sir Sandford Fleming (January 7, 1827 – July 22, 1915) was a Scottish Canadian engineer and inventor.

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Tête Jaune

Pierre Bostonais or Pierre Hastination (died 1828), better known as Tête Jaune, was an Iroquois (Haudenosaunee)-Métis trapper, fur trader, and explorer who worked for the North West Company and Hudson's Bay Company during the 18th and 19th centuries.

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The Canadian

The Canadian (Le Canadien) is a transcontinental passenger train operated by Via Rail with service between Union Station in Toronto, Ontario, and Pacific Central Station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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Via Rail

Via Rail Canada Inc., operating as Via Rail or Via (stylized as VIA Rail), is a Canadian Crown corporation that is mandated to operate intercity passenger rail service in Canada.

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Yellowhead Highway

The Yellowhead Highway (Route Yellowhead) is a major interprovincial highway in Western Canada that runs from Winnipeg to Graham Island off the coast of British Columbia via Saskatoon and Edmonton.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowhead_Pass

Yellowhead Pass, the Glossary

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See also

Borders of Alberta

Borders of British Columbia

Canadian National Railway facilities

Jasper National Park

Landforms on the National Historic Sites of Canada register

Mountain passes of Alberta

Rail mountain passes of Alberta

Rail mountain passes of British Columbia

References