Hollebeke

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In World War I, it was the site of allied heroism that won Khudadad Khan the first Victoria Cross ever awarded to a native Indian.

To commemorate the Canadian troops fighting at Hollebeke, in 1917 the 2,221-metre-high Hollebeke Mountain , on the continental divide at the head of Pincher Creek; southeast buttress of North Kootenay Pass. Park, bordering Alberta and British Columbia, was named after the village. Major headwaters are Oldman River and Flathead River. It also gave its name to the families Hollebeke and Van Hollebeke .

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Ieper,Hollebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

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