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Mount Peskett

Mount Peskett

Dominates the landscape on the south side of the North Saskatchewan River in the Kootenay Plains area of Alberta. On the north side of the river opposite, is ...
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Dominates the landscape on the south side of the North Saskatchewan River in the Kootenay Plains area of Alberta. On the north side of the river opposite, is the Pine of Antiquity, world's oldest living Limber Pine tree.

The mountain was named after a director of the Youth For Christ movement, Louis Peskett.
He was killed by a falling rock on Mount Cline nearby.

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SIGMA DP3 Merrill

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settings

Aperture 80/10 ISO 100 Shutter 1/100 Focal Length 500/10

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Nov, 2016

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