Vimy Ridge (British Columbia)

Vimy Ridge (British Columbia)

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The Vimy Ridge is a mountain ridge in east-central British Columbia, Canada. It has an area of 8 km2 and is a subrange of the Cariboo Mountains which in turn form part of the Columbia Mountains. [http://www.bivouac.com/ArxPg.asp?ArxId=1852 Vimy Ridge] in the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia]

Vimy Ridge is named to commemorate the Battle of Vimy Ridge in World War I.

ee also

*List of mountain ranges

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