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Crag and Canyon 1900-12-08 - 1905-09-23
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1905-04-29
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. CRAG and CANYON. Vol. 6. BANFF, ALTA., SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 1905. t i , , . , . No 3 Canada's Switzerland. SPECIALLY CONTRIBUTED BY MR ARTHUR O. WHEELER. The following interesting article has been specially written for the Crag and Canyon by Mr Arthur O Wheeler, the well known Government surveyor, of Calgary, who has been engaged for the past four years on topographical work in the mountains between Revelstoke and Laggan, starting at the western boundary of the elkirks, and working to the eastern side of the Rockies. He is one of the best authorities on all matters relating to the Rockies and the Selkirks, and this and f.itnfo (-nntrja-nitinns h Close to the crest of the Great Divide, on its western side, a few miles south of the railway, lies Lake O'Hara, named after a pioneer explorer in these regions. It is of an exquisite blue, the sinuous, timbered shore-line winds in poijtits.and bays, casting long shadows on-the still waters, and the snow corniced crest of Mt. Lefrjy is mirrored on the surface. At the upper e id the face of a rock precipice is broken by sheets of falling spray. The hanging valleys surrounding the ma- gin of the lake converge to a magnificent central cone,: rising 11,450 ft. above sea level. This is Hungabee, a Mr Wheeler will be eagerly read by all interested in mountaineering and kindred subjects : Midst, the goodly heritage of snow-clad peaks, glaciers, timbered valleys, and lakes of blue and green that has fallen to Canadians, it would seem that Providence had guided the hand of man in the selection of a route for the Trans-Continental Railway. One hears much of centres such as Banff the Beautiful, Lake Louise, Emerald Lake, and Glacier ; but there are many others that have not as yet come prominently to mjblic notice, awaiting better facilities to reach them. MOUNT 8TEPHEN, FIFLD, B.C. pivot point of Canada's backbone. jFrom its basial-ramifications extend five superb valleys, three sending the outflow of their glaciers to Hudson's Bay, and two draining into the Pacific Ocean. Of the former, the Valley of the Ten Peaks has the beautiful Moraine Lake, with the Tower bf Babel rising from its shores. Paradise Valley boasts a fine Half-Moon Glacier, and a Mountain of Pinnacles. Lake Louise valley presents the climax of snow-crowned grandeur, reflecting in its, lake of deepest blue the black precipices and hanging glaciers of Mts. Lefroy and Victoria. . Of the other two, that known asL Prospectors' Valley sends a stream to Vermillion River, a tributary of the Great Columbia, flowing to the Pacific. Near the head of the valley is a-rock tower which has through the course of ages withstood the a :tion of glaciers. It rises from the centre of an ice-polish d'floor. At its summit is a rOck figure resembling a Phoenix rising from a funeral pyre. Near the foot of the valley Tokumm Creek drops into a hole in the ground, and travels through a cleft in the rocks at a distance unseen and a depth unknown. The precipitous water-worn sides are but a few feet apart a spring would about take you across and yet the roar of the water is faint, owing to the depth at which it flows. The outlet from Lake O'Hara is the actual source of the Kicking Horse river, flowing to the- Columbia. Its waterswind through primeval forest, through sun-lit grassy valleys where lie tranquil lakes, between peaks rising irf towers and sharp aiguilles into the sky, their depressions filled- with ice arid their summits crowned with snow, until finally the stream drops - in sheets of flying spray through a gorge, and with one long glistening cascade of purest white falls into Waptu Lake, near the railway at Hector station*'* . tm Jf Fishing season opens on Monday.
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Image 803 (1905-04-29), from microfilm reel 803, (CU1375983). Courtesy of Early Alberta Newspapers Collection, Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary.