Among the Canadian Alps

By Lawrence J. Burpee

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Good Press
• Release date: Dec 6, 2019
• ISBN: 4064066237424

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Lawrence J. Burpee

Among the Canadian Alps

Published by Good Press, 2022

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EAN 4064066237424

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PREFACE

ILLUSTRATIONS

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THE LURE OF THE MOUNTAINS

II

THE NATIONAL PARKS OF CANADA

III

IN AND ABOUT BANFF

IV

THE CANADIAN MATTERHORN

V

INCOMPARABLE LAKE LOUISE

VI

THE VALLEY OF THE YOHO

VII

AROUND THE ILLECILLEWAET

VIII

THE CAVES OF NAKIMU

IX

MOUNTAIN CLIMBING AND CLIMBERS

X

CLIMBING IN THE SELKIRKS

XI

AFIELD IN JASPER

XII

OUT OF THE WORLD

XIII

THE MONARCH OF THE ROCKIES

XIV

ON THE MOOSE RIVER TRAIL

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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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

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THE LURE OF THE MOUNTAINS

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WHAT is the peculiar charm of that mighty, snow-capped sea of mountains, whose stupendous waves tossed far into the heavens seem ever about to overwhelm the level wheat-fields of Western Canada? The lure of the mountains defies analysis, but it is surely there with its irresistible appeal to all in whom the spirit of