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Among the Canadian Alps
Among the Canadian Alps
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    Among the Canadian Alps - Lawrence J. (Lawrence Johnstone) Burpee

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    Title: Among the Canadian Alps

    Author: Lawrence J. Burpee

    Release Date: May 29, 2011 [EBook #36249]

    Language: English

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    BERG LAKE AND TUMBLING GLACIER

    R. C. W. Lett


    COPYRIGHT, 1914

    BY JOHN LANE COMPANY

    THE·PLIMPTON·PRESS

    NORWOOD·MASS·U·S·A


    PREFACE

    The writer takes this opportunity of gratefully acknowledging his indebtedness to Mr. J. B. Harkin, Commissioner of Dominion Parks, Col. Maynard Rogers, Superintendent of Jasper Park, and Mr. Arthur O. Wheeler, Director of the Alpine Club of Canada, for valued assistance in gathering material for this book; to Mr. Walter D. Wilcox, Sir James Outram, Dr. A. P. Coleman, Dr. J. W. A. Hickson, Rev. George Kinney, Dr. Charles E. Fay and Mr. P. D. McTavish, for permission to quote from their books and articles on the Rocky Mountains; and to Miss Mary M. Vaux, Mrs. Mary T. S. Schäffer, Mr. W. H. P. Lett, Mr. Arthur O. Wheeler, Mr. H. W. Craver, Rev. George Kinney, Mr. P. D. McTavish, Mr. James F. Porter, Mr. P. L. Tait, Mr. John Woodruff, Mr. A. Knechtel, Messrs. G. and W. Fear, the Canadian Pacific Railway Company and the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company, for permission to reproduce photographs of Rocky Mountain scenery and climbing and other incidents.

    Ottawa, Canada

    October, 1914


    CONTENTS


    ILLUSTRATIONS

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