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Columbia Icefield
A view of the enterance to the Glacier

Columbia Icefield. The road to the parking lot at the toe of the Athabasca Glacier cuts through a series of recessional moraines, created when the glacier's retreat stalled for a time.

The road to the parking lot at the toe of the Athabasca Glacier cuts through a series of recessional moraines, created when the glacier's retreat stalled for a time.

Photo courtesy of Heartland Associates, Inc.
Photo by Peter St. John and Dennis Pankiw.

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