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 Mount Robson 13,0A8 
 
 Th»Pome U,«50 
 
 Mt. il«9|toad«at 11,173 
 
 Mt. WhWlbonr 11,101 
 
 Mt. Cavell 11,016 
 
 Mt. Brazeau 11,000 
 
 Mt. Mary Vaux 10,881 
 
 Mt. Longstaffe 10,530 
 
 Mt. Warren 10,500 
 
 Lynx Mountain . 10,471 
 
 The Helmet 10,287 
 
 Miette Mountains 10,240 
 
 Mt. Unwin 10,040 
 
 Mount Albreda 10,000 
 
 Razor Peak 10,000 
 
 Mt. Hardisty 9,742 
 
 Mt. Fitzwilliam 9,742 
 
 Mount Mumm 9,740 
 
 The Gendarme 9,607 
 
 Mica Mt 9,600 
 
 Mt. Cook 9,500 
 
 Mt. BIythe 9,500 
 
 The Five Sisters 9,500 
 
 Maligne Range 9,500 
 
 Mount Samson 9,500 
 
 Jasper Mountain 9,486 
 
 Mt. Kahn 9,392 
 
 Ptarmigan Peak 9,320 
 
 Canoe Mountain 9,000 
 
 Colin Range 9,000 
 
 The Pallisades 9,000 
 
 The Rearguard 9,000 
 
 Little Grizzly Mt 8,953 
 
 Pyramid Mountain 8,500 
 
 Rainbow Range 8,500 
 
 Sellwyn Range 8,300 
 
 Yellowhead Mt 8,132 
 
 Roche de Smet 8,100 
 
 Fiddle Back Range 8,000 
 
 Snaring Mts 1,000 
 
 Roche Miette 7,500 
 
 Boule Roche Mt 7,000 
 
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 by the railway to Vancouver, a distance 
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 closely hemmed in by the mountains of 
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 RICHLY M Canada hai 
 been endowed from coast 
 to coast with landscapes of 
 the most varied charm and endless 
 play-grounds for those who love the 
 great out-doors, there is no part of the 
 Dominion which so stirs the imagination as 
 do the Rocky Mountains. The history of this 
 mighty chain fairly pulsates with adventure more 
 absorbing than any fiction: Switzerland cannot rival 
 its challenge to the mountaineer; India cannot match its 
 loveliness; nor can its resources in fish and game be surpassed 
 elsewhere. 
 Transcontinental travellers have long been familiar with its more 
 southerly reaches, but the Canadian Northern Railway 
 has now opened up a new route through the 
 Yellowhead Pass, traversing both Jasper and 
 Moimt Robson National Parks, which is stamped 
 with widely differing characteristics and possesses an even 
 more imposing majesty. 
 
 Where bulky volumes have not sufficed to exhaust so compre- 
 hensive a theme, it would be impossible to convey any adequate 
 impression of this wonderland within the limits of a brief 
 brochure. 
 
 While the selection of representative views contained 
 
 in these pages tell their own story, some 
 
 account, however of the route will serve as a 
 
 useful introduction: West of Edmonton, 
 
 the traveller leaves behind the wheat 
 
 fields of the Prairie Provinces and the 
 
 country becomes rougher until finally 
 
 the haze-clothed mountains loom 
 
 up in the distance. For miles 
 
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 the line atcendt the Athabaskn 
 River Valley through Jasper Park 
 to Yellowhead Pats, where it crosses 
 the Great Z>ivide. or main ridge. Be- 
 yond, the Eraser River is followed to 
 Mount Robson, the highest peak of the 
 entire Canadian chain ; yielding place to the 
 Canoe River and the Albreda, which are in turn 
 succeeded by the North and Main Thompson Rivers. 
 The Eraser then gains right of way and leads to New 
 Westminster and Vancouver through canyons matchless 
 in their rugged grandeur. Nowhere in this journey of over 
 seven hundred miles is there a moment that hangs heavily, so in- 
 sistent is the attraction of each new vista or panorama that 
 flashes past the windows of the comfortable obser- 
 vation car. 
 
 Entrance is the gateway to Jasper Park and the 
 Rocky Mountains. At first only a glimpse is had 
 of white peaks between grim cliffs rising 8,000 feet above] 
 the sea. As we pass on, we come in sight of the Fiddle Back 
 Range with Pyramid Mountain standing sentinel in the back- 
 ground at the entrance to the Yellowhead Pass. The line 
 follows the Athabaska River and runs along the north 
 
 side of Bmle Lake for seven miles. At the east end of ^^^^ ' -^^ 
 
 the lake, Solomon Creek comes in from the north, 
 where David Thompson the explorer spent 
 part of the winter of 1810. An eight hun- 
 dred foot tunnel leads under the slope of 
 Boule Roche Mountain ; upon emerging 
 from which a splendid v.ew is obtained 
 of Roche de Smet to the north and of 
 Roche Miette on the other side of 
 the Athabaska. This last rises 
 
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nearly 8,000 feet above sea level, 
 a great rock mass eroded at the 
 crest in an imposing style of 
 mountain architecture; at the sides 
 great buttresses stand out. Crown- 
 ing all are perpendicular cliffs broken by 
 chimneys, giving the appearance of a huge 
 fortress with its strong tower or keep. 
 
 We are now getting into a part of the Park 
 where mountain goat and mountain sheep are plenti- 
 ful. The protection given to the game has had the effect 
 not only of increasing the quantity, but in some cases of mak- 
 ing them lose the fear of man. This is particularly so in the case 
 of the mountain sheep seen on the slopes of Boule Roche Mountain. 
 These are usvally the most wary and timid of animals, 
 with a wonderful eye ; yet here they are seen nearly 
 every day, feeding on the hills, and often coming 
 right down to the railway, in full view of passing 
 trains. 
 At the foot of Roche Miette, the swift flowing Athabaska 
 River widens and splits into several small channels. Here the 
 line crosses the Stoney River on the opposite side of which, 
 in the valley between the Fiddle Back Range and the 
 Colin Range, that rears its ragged peaks of grey lime- 
 stone 9,000 feet in altitude, the Rocky River flows 
 in, near whose mouth under the shelter of 
 Roche Miette is most probably the site of 
 the celebrated old Northwest Company's 
 Post, Jasper House established by Jas- 
 per Hawes in 1811 or 1812, the year 
 following David Thompson's dis- 
 covery of Athabaska Pass. After 
 leaving the shore of Jasper Lake, 
 
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 ;^< . . ,^r^ where to the west is a view of the 
 
 beautiful Snaring Valley, with its 
 •/'•^'^■*^^ snow-capped peaks and glaciers. 
 
 There is not a vestige left of Henry 
 House, and nothing to mark this historic 
 c'1 post of the Northwest Company, but 
 records show that its site was near the outlet of 
 the Maligne River, one of the most remarkable 
 streams in North America, running for miles un- 
 derground and a much larger body of water, flowing into 
 Medicine Lake ten miles above, than it is entering the 
 Athabaska. The Maligne Canyon is one of the most spectacular 
 in the Rocky Mountains; its bed, which the stream has been 
 cutting through for centuries, is enclosed by walls, in 
 some places 200 feet high, and it narrows in many 
 places to less than 10 feet. On the surface above 
 may be seen huge pot-holes, some over 50 feet in 
 depth, cut out of the rock by the swirling waters. From 
 a bridge built over part of the Canyon, a view of the Gorge may be 
 obtained with its wonderful cascade disappearing in the depths. 
 Jasper is situated on a plateau at the base of Pyramid 
 Mountain close to the entrance of the Yellowhead Pass, 
 at the confluence of the Miette and Athabaska Rivers. 
 Jasper Mountain, altitude 9,486, with its snow- 
 capped peak, overlooks the town, which is the 
 headquarters of the Dominion Government 
 Officials who have the supervision of Jasper 
 Park.n game preserve and forest reserva- 
 tion of 4,000 square miles. An artis- 
 tic townsite has been laid out, with 
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 design, in the center. Under the ^^^^— ^— " — ^ 
 direction of the Dominion Parks 
 Branch of the Department of the 
 Interior, plans are being carried out 
 for the rapid development of the sur- 
 rounding country, which embraces some 
 of the finest scenery in the Rocky Mountains, 
 by building roads and trails to make it accessible. 
 
 Carriage roads have been built from Jasper to 
 Pyramid Lake at the foot of Pyramid Mountain, a 
 distance of four and a half miles, and also around Edith 
 and Beau Vert Lakes through six miles of fragrant woods to 
 Jasper Mountain and the Maligne Canyon, at which point a second 
 trail leads for some twenty-three miles up the Maligne River, past 
 Medicine Lake, to Jack Lake where there is most excel- 
 lent fishing for Rainbow and Dolly Varden trout. 
 From Medicine Lake a pleasant return trip may 
 be made across the Divide to the east by way of 
 the South Esk, which stream is descended to the Brazeau 
 ^ River, where elk and moose are to be seen, and Brazeau lake, thence 
 the Sunwapiti River to the Athabaska and so on to Jasper 
 ..at Athabaska Falls, which descend a spectacular chasm 
 twenty -five feet in width and surmounted by a bridge; the 
 ^ground has been improved so as to render it particu- 
 larly attractive for camp sites and a lodge has been 
 built for the Game and Fire Warden3. 
 
 A trail has also been built by way of 
 
 Maligne Gorge along the valley between 
 
 the Maligne Mountain and the Colin 
 
 Range, past Medicine Lake, to Maligne 
 
 Lake. This is perhaps the most 
 
 beautiful sheet of water in the 
 
 Rockies, surrounded by moun- 
 
tains which rise from the sandy 
 beaches at the water's edge. The 
 effect of the snow-capped peaks with 
 cheir brown shale exposures splashed 
 with crimson stains, the glaciers and 
 the dark verdure of the foothills reflected 
 in the water, form a picture of amazing 
 beauty. The tourist may return from the iake 
 by way of Shovel Pass, a magnificent route of thirty- 
 five miles which takes him up to an altitude of nearly 
 8,000 feet, and affords one of the finest views in the 
 mountain. Ice fields and a hundred snow-capped mountains, most 
 of them unnamed, may be seen from an elevation a few feet above 
 the Pass. On the descent. Mount Cavell in all its magnificence is 
 in full view, with grim Hardisty in the distance. 
 By taking a bridle trail from the station up 
 Jasper Mountain, a magnificent view of the 
 valley of the Athabaska can be obtained, up to the 
 Whirlpool River, past Mount Cavell and on towards the 
 Athabaska Pass and the Committee's Punch Bowl. 
 
 Not two miles from the station is Beau Vert ( formerly Horse- 
 shoe) Lake, with waters of continually changing green and 
 blue, that afford every facility for boating, bathing and 
 fishing. Amongst other trails from Jasper is one south- 
 ward to Mount Cavell, formerly known as Geikie 
 but renamed in memory of the British nurse 
 brutally murdered in Belgium, which is suit- 
 able for motor cars and gives access to a 
 large glacier that hangs between three 
 peaks like a swan with outstretched 
 wings, as also down the Athabaska 
 to the Snaring Valley and Mount 
 Robson by Moose Pass. 
 
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 Paces and Outatte. have ^ll^r^J^^t^^T^^^oZl^ t^^^ 
 in British Columbia arc stationed here^ ^^cc to h««d^' P«^^" °' ""^ '"" ^'cf 
 the Cayuse brand are avatlab e ^^ ^^^ .^^^^^^^^^ desirous of hunting Mountain Sheep. 
 Bros. & Moore make a specialty of ^an^Ung pa^^^^^^ ^^^ n^ountains. whether 
 
 Mountain Goats, or Gri«lr-. .nd ^"^^^f^y provide outfits, supplies and guides, 
 for pleasure, exploration, h :n' «g or fishing^ 4 personal effects, rifles and ammum- 
 
 so that the tourist or «P<>^«n«nj;d^^^^^^^ Their huntfng trips and exploratory work have 
 tion. or rods and fishing tackle. Th«r nuni g v Athabaska and the Peace 
 carried them from the northern «S^°"s^ot tne ^^^ ^^^^. 
 
 down to the American boundary, and tneir knowieag 
 - districts is in consequence very wide. 
 
 of Pyramid Mountam, arrest the attention n, 
 as the eye -• vs the tortuous course of the nver. the 
 Maligne is seen to come in between the Colin and 
 the Maligne Ranges, of which Jasper Moun^ 
 tain forms a part. Down the river on the 
 opposite side, three snow-capped peaks of 
 the Snaring Mountains appear and 
 below them, another range, with Roche 
 de Smet named after the pioneer 
 missionary. Father de Smet m 
 the distance. No less than 
 
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Looking up the Athabaska a panorama of even greater beauty is seen. ^^"^ 
 
 Tde af Mount Cave^ an unnamed mountain stands back -- dist-ce. wiU^ 
 a large glacier which seems to end in a crater-hke cup. As the eye fol^ 
 lows upstream the Whirlpool River is seen commg out of the hills Mid ^ 
 joining it. Cavell Creek can also be seen coming ^^°'^J^^J'^^°\ 
 the mountain after which it is named, and Boulder Creek, both 
 
 elacial streams. . _ ... 
 
 Beyond Jasper the line enters the Yellowhead Pass, follow- 
 ing the Miette River for twelve miles. The Miette Mountams ^ 
 bound the south and to the north is the Pyramid Range. 
 At the Summit, which is the boundary between Alberta - 
 and British Columbia, we cross the Continental 
 Divide, or backbone of Canada. Two and a 
 half miles brings us to Yellowhead Lake 
 which empties into the Fraser River. Of 
 all the waters in the district — their 
 .lame is legion and their colour 
 beautifully varied — this most ap- 
 peals to the tourist. Irregular 
 in outline, it stretches for four 
 
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and a half miles, its water a 
 creamy sap green, and for the 
 most part surrounded by a dense 
 forest. On the south side, near the 
 center, a fine cascading glacial stream 
 comes in from the snows of Mount Pelee. 
 From Lucerne, five miles jouth, there is 
 a magnificent view of this peak, which rises to 
 an altitude of 9,600 feet. Back of it an old In- 
 dian trail leads through a pass, into the mountains be 
 yond. This is a virgin country that will be of wonderful 
 interest to Alpine climbers, as there are numbers of mountains 
 to the south that are unnamed and unclfmbed. From the look- 
 out at an elevation of 6,000 feet, large ice fields can be seen, 
 
 also thirty snow-capped mountains and a number of 
 glaciers. 
 
 Grant Creek, in which there is very good trout 
 fishing, rises near the Alberta boundary, flows down 
 the valley west of Mount Mowat and enters the Fraser. 
 Turbulent Moose River is crossed at the foot of Rainbow Can- 
 yon, up which there are three large cascades, with Rainbow Falls 
 only a few hundred yards distant— a glorious cataract which 
 rushes down between precipitous walls over 150 feet high 
 just before it reaches the outlet of the Canyon. A 
 finely wooded trail, which gives a number of 
 opportunities to see the Whirlpool and the falls, 
 is one of the greatest attractions of the dis- 
 trict and there is also a trail from here to 
 Mount Robson. 
 
 The line then follows the north side 
 
 of Moose Lake, a lovely body of 
 
 water, eight miles long and from 
 
 half a mile to a mile and a half 
 
wide across which a beautiful fall 
 of about 1,000 feet can be seen 
 coming from the glaciers of moun- 
 tains concealed from view in the Sell- 
 wyn range. While Resplendent Moun- 
 tain is not visible, there are some of the 
 most picturesque views in the valley, including 
 the Rasor Peak, Mount Kahn, and other un- 
 named mountains of lesser altitude. 
 Mount Robson, the highest and most majestic 
 peak of the Canadian Rockies, rises to an altitude of 
 13 087 feet. Its pointed apex of ice can be seen for some miles 
 from' the railway before it bursts in full view where the Grand 
 Forks River enters the Fraser. Its precipitous base is but four 
 'and a half miles as the crow flies from Robson Station. 
 
 At the head of the low valley its tremendous cliffs, 
 too steep for snow to lie, rise up ten thousand 
 feet, crowned with a snowy pyramid. A trail leads^ 
 up the Grand Forks to its rear through a magnificent 
 forest of giant cedar and fir. through the Valley of a Thousand^ 
 Falls, where the river tumbles 1,500 feet in a wild Canyon. Here ' 
 the peak rises majestically cliff on cliff for over 7,000 feet 
 above Berg Lake, to its summit, where the vapours of 
 the Pacific gather neariy every day in the year. The 
 snow clings to the steep side of the upper peak m 
 long ribbons quite to the crest; gathering below, 
 it forms a neve, which pushes out and 
 divides into two streams of ice that fall 
 and slip down the steep incline, for near- 
 ly a mile. That on the right is known 
 as the Mist Glacier while that on 
 the left forms the Tumbling 
 Glacier, which extends two miles 
 
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in horizontal distance, and has 
 7,000 feet vertical descent be- 
 tween the snow cornices of the 
 mountain and its foot at Berg Lake, 
 where the ice is thrust down to the 
 water to break away and float off in bergs, 
 which double themselves by reflection. The 
 great black portion of the mountain in the centre 
 is called Rearguard, which rises dark and massive 
 above Berg Lake. Beyond this on the left is the 
 enormous main glacier, literally a flowing river of ice, 
 reaching for over three miles back to Mount Robson and the 
 unbroken snow slope of Mount Resplendent. The water coming 
 from the ice caves of the main glacier flow chiefly into Berg Lake 
 and the Grand Forks, but a smaller part reaches Lake 
 Adolphus and Smoky River, a tributary of the 
 Mackenzie River. Thus as you gaze on this won- 
 derful scene, you can see the headwaters of streams 
 from the same glacier flowing on their way to both the 
 Arctic and Pacific Oceans. 
 
 For magnificent scenery, the panorama of the Fraser and 
 Grand Forks some miles from the line of the Canadian North- 
 em, 500 feet above the valley floor, surpasses anything 
 to be seen on any other railway in America. Huge 
 cliffs and mountains rise to an enormous height 
 almost perpendicularly from the railway. 
 Mount Robson is in full view for about 9 
 miles, the huge mass towering above us 
 and appearing to rise higher and higher 
 as we proceed down the valley. In 
 all directions are snow-capped peaks, 
 many of them over 10,000 feet 
 including Longstaff, Little Grizzly, 
 
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 Whitehomc, Resplendent and 
 other mountains of the Rainbow 
 Range. We now pass in rapid suc- 
 cession a number of pretty waterfalls 
 as the line crosses Cliff Creek, Bear 
 Creek, Cougar Creek, and several other 
 smaller glacial streams that flow into the 
 Fraser River. As we approach Tete Jaune 
 Cache, the valley widens and the line turns gradually 
 southward into the McLennan Valley, hugging the 
 foothills and passing east of Cranberry Lake. On the 
 far side, the Mica Mountain Range rises in all its grandeur. 
 On the divide between the McLennan and Canoe Rivers, is 
 Cranberry Lake, here the line crosses the Canoe River at the 
 foot of the Canyon through which the river emerges 
 from the mountain range to the southwest. It 
 then follows the west side of Camp Creek Valley 
 until near Albreda Lake. The valley is very 
 narrow, being only from half a mile to a mile wide, and 
 hemmed in by high mountains. The Sellwyn Range, which is still 
 in sight, looms up behind us to the north, and Canoe Mountain 
 on the east, with patches of ice on it near the summit, forms a 
 picture of great beauty. Four miles east in a small 
 valley near the line, there is a hot spring which is said 
 to have remarkable curative qualities. Through 
 Camp Creek Valley a splendid view is obtained 
 of Albreda Mountain, which lies to the south- 
 east, rising to over 9,000 feet altitude. 
 There are large glaciers on the north side. 
 The scenery in the valley of the 
 Canoe River is magnificent. 
 
 To the sportsman the district 
 offers everything from grizzly 
 
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 An Iron Highway. Past OvEWl ^^,- 
 
 'Hills 
 
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r 
 
 The Gift Or Thl Great Out Doors 
 
 YktA0WMCAo Mountain AHO"Yfci.i.owM«AD LakbAt IpUctrne B.C 
 
 bear to willow-grouse. It is pre- 
 eminently a caribou country. 
 While there are plenty of goat, 
 sheep occur only on the main range of 
 the Rockies east of the Canoe. Black 
 bear are fairly common, and late in the 
 season large full trout are to be caught in 
 the Albreda and Canoe Rivers. 
 
 A short distance from Blue River station is a 
 very picturesque lake almost surrounded with snow- 
 capped mountains and between them at the upper end 
 are two large glaciers. The silt from the glacial streams gives 
 the water a cloudy appearance, and on this account the lake has 
 been given the unfortunate name of "Mud Lake." Below Blue 
 River the river increases in velocity as it enters the 
 gorge and races along for a number of miles to 
 a canyon known as "Hell's Gate." South of 
 here more and more agricultural country is seen 
 and some very picturesque, well tilled farms, indicating 
 that the mein chain of the Rocky Mountains has been left 
 behind, although right into Vancouver the eye will be continually 
 arrested by scenery of the most attractive nature, including 
 deep-cut canyons, winding, broad -bosomed streams and 
 impending peaks. 
 
 The Albreda River flows into the North Thomp- 
 son at Clemina, formerly known as Thompson 
 Crossing. During the construction of the 
 railway, Packers, on account of the turbu- 
 lent nature of the stream, had to swim 
 their horses here and convey their load 
 over on punts or rafts. 
 
 The line now swings to the west 
 and Clearwater River joins the 
 
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 BosgViEt) Riv»8,'^VfNimic To Iue Sea 
 
 Hope Mt., Bhi 
 
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 Thompson at Clearwater Cross- 
 ing. There is some good fishing 
 in this stream and when the salmon 
 are running, they can be seen coming 
 up it from the Thompson followed by 
 rainbow trout. 
 Below Kamloops is an enlargement of the 
 Thompson River known as Kamloops Lake, 
 a beautiful body of water, which ends at Savona 
 where the line enters the rugged scenery of the 
 Thompson series of canyons. 
 Ashcroft, is the distributing centre for the Cariboo and 
 Omineca mines amongst the most famous of gold fields, with a 
 romantic history. These have been worked on and off since the 
 early sixties, when as high as six *>undred dollars a pan was 
 recorded. Pack horses and tie. of freight wagons 
 drawn by long strings of mule:> can be seen 
 leaving for the mining districts almost every day. 
 Three miles below the town the line enters the gloomy 
 winding constriction in the mountain knovm as the Black Canyon, 
 where the stream has cut through the shale and sandstone for 
 a depth of over two hundred feet to its present bed. 
 
 Between Basque and Minnabarriet gypsum and hina 
 clay may be seen in crumbling outcrops of red, yellow 
 and white; a wonderful combination of colour, in 
 contrast with the foliage of the trees above and 
 the reflected light in the swirling waters below. 
 
 Spence's Bridge is picturesquely situated 
 in the valley at the base of Arthur's 
 Seat Mountain, which rises abruptly 
 to an altitude of 5,800 feet a few 
 miles below which the narrowing 
 valley swings southward and 
 
continues this course until near 
 Cosset, where it bends gently to 
 the west. 
 
 At Lytton, the canyon suddenly 
 widens and admits the turbid torrent 
 of the Fraser whose course is followed 
 by the railway to Vancouver, a distance of 
 1S8 miles. 
 
 From Lytton to the delta below Hope the ri' 
 closely hemmed in by the mountains of the C 
 Range on the east and the Coast Range on the v 
 After leaving Hope, the canyon widens, and 
 country of broad level valleys with rich soil 
 with finely cultivated fields and the vegel 
 luxuriousness as we approach the Pac 
 Vancouver is Canada's main 
 named after the great navi 
 Vancouver. It is splenc 
 Inlet and the surround 
 the Cascade mountair 
 southeast, and the 
 water to the wesi 
 and departs 
 Coast of 
 Columbi 
 spo 
 
; the river is 
 the Cascade 
 n the west. 
 
 ns, and we come into a 
 h soil and heavy timber, 
 : vegetation increases in 
 :he Pacific. 
 
 J main Pacific Ocean port, 
 at navigator, Captain George 
 i splendidly situated on Burrard 
 irrounding scenery is magnificent; 
 juntains rising to the north. Mount Baker to the 
 d the mountains of Vancouver Island across the 
 le west. From this port, ocean shipping arrives 
 eparts M the Orient, / :stralia, Alaska, the Pacific 
 ist of the United States, and Northern British 
 Columbia. There are splendid opportunities for 
 sport in the immediate vicinity ; mountain goat, 
 bear and deer are to be had in the hills 
 along the inlet, and splendid trout fishing 
 in a number of streams at no great dis- 
 tance. 
 
 CANADIAN NORTHERN 
 AlUhelVay 
 
 ,tI R6idafW6 Catajraq3€ Amtd Scented Pin£ 
 
*-."m>. 
 
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 river is 
 Cascade 
 lie west. 
 
 land we come into a 
 Ml and heavy timber, 
 egetation increases in 
 'acific. 
 
 ain Pacific Ocean port, 
 .lavigator, Captain George 
 Ilendidly situated on Burrard 
 landing scenery is magnificent; 
 Itains rising to the north, Mount Baker to the 
 le mountains of Vancouver Island across the 
 ^est. From this port, ocean shipping arrives 
 rts for the Orient, Australia, Alaska, the Pacific 
 lof the United States, and Northern British 
 uibia. There are splendid opportunities for 
 sport in the immediate vicinity; mountain goat, 
 bear and deer are to be had in the hills 
 along the inlet, and splendid trout fishing 
 in a number of streams at no great dis- 
 tance. 
 
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 All the Way 
 
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 Canadian Northern Publications 
 
 "Pnnra Arthur Houil, Port Arthur, Ontario'! MnM WeMcm Htimmer Itnort." 
 
 "Hitlali (Mumbta nahlng l^poflet." 
 
 "Where to Ktah and Hunt." .. __ . ^ . 
 
 "At Your Service Knm C^ooat to Ooait" — Travel dc lu«e. 
 
 "The Canadian itneklea"- Yellowhead Pua Riiute. 
 
 "Hpamiw Lake and Severn Hlvcr." 
 
 "Humntcr tUsmarlM AliinK the Howl hy the Heu — Holltax * Snuthwcitern 
 
 Railway. 
 "Rainy l^juiee IjnaBci." 
 "Vermilion LakeM Ixialh'l " 
 "Hummer Hotel and Ebianllnf Hnuae I.l«t. 
 "Homeaeekera' anil tV-ttlera' liulde." 
 "Homceeekers' and Hpttieni' Koree I^MiDpla.' 
 Canadian .Northern Timetables — Eoiu-m and Western tine*. 
 "Mlptiion Lodgp Leaflet." 
 "I^aoo River liulde." 
 "Brltlxh I'olumhia aelilem Guide" 
 
 l^e RonUinol. N. S. 
 
 Lake «t. John and lirand niKharte, Que. 
 
 Lake Edwani, Que. RMeau IjriM*. Ont. 
 
 MiHkoka ijkkee. Ont Uuetlao Park, Uot. 
 
 NIplKon River and Lake, Ont. 
 Algonquin National Park. ont. 
 Vrrmlflon Lnkrn. Minn. 
 
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 Canadian Northern Railway 
 Principal Agencies 
 
 CANADA 
 
 ■ILLtVILLE. ONT. — City Ticket Agent 243 Front St. 
 
 ■MANDOM. MAN. — Ticket Agent SKS- it*'!"" 
 
 • ROCKVILLC. ONT. — Ticket Agent CNR. Station 
 
 CALOANV, ALTA. — City Paaenger Agent 218 Wen gth St. 
 
 Ulitrict Paaenger Agent Cor. Jaaperand McDougall Ave. 
 
 ■BMONTOM, ALTA. — City Ticket Agent. . . lOOth St., opp. PoM Offlee 
 HALIFAxTn: ». - Div K. * PA., H, Ts. W. RY 123 HolllJ St. 
 
 City Ticket Agent 123 Hollla St. 
 
 KIN8*TON, ONT. — City Agent Wellington St. 
 
 MONTMAi:. QUC. - A.cf P X, C.N.R. Bldg ^M3p St. Jamei St 
 
 City Ticket Agent 236-230 St. Jame* St. 
 
 OTTAWA. ONT. — City Pamnger Agent ^34 Spwka St. 
 
 PAKRV SOUND^NT. — Ticket Agent ^.N-R. Button 
 
 PNINCI ALBKirr, SAf K. — PaiKnger Agent C.N.R.Statlon 
 
 8UE0KC, OUK. — Ticket Agent CNR. Sutlon 
 COINA, SAtH. — CIW Ticket Agent.... 11th Ave., opp. Poet Ofllee. 
 SAtKATbON, SA»K. - D.P.A Cor. 2n<i Ave. * 22nd St. 
 
 City Paaenger Agent Cor. 2nd Ave. * 22nd St. 
 
 •MITM't FALLS, ONT. - Town Agent Beckwith 81. 
 
 »T. CATHAHINjtt. ONT. — Ticket Agent. . N. St. C. * T. Ry Sutlon. 
 
 iUBBURV, ONT. — Ticket Agent C.N R. Station 
 
 TONONTO, ONT. — City PaaKnger Agent 52 King St. R. 
 
 City Ticket Agent 52 King 81. E. 
 
 WINNIPKS, WAN. — A OP A ijl'"'™ 8Utlon 
 
 City Ticket Agent Main * ronage 
 
 UNITCD tTATKC 
 
 CHICAaO. ILL. — General Agent M WeM Adam* St. 
 
 BULUTHT MINN. — 1>.F. * PA 244 We« Superior St. 
 
 MINNIA^LIt, MINN. — t;ommerclal Agent. . ^ ■,;?''. f*!"**'**^?* 
 
 NKW romi. — General Agent SOH-610 W-<Mrimrth Bldg. 
 
 PITTHUNOH, pa. — General Agent 214 Park BMg. 
 
 (AN PRANCISCO, C AL. — Commercial Agent 
 
 • " ' SlSSanuMarlnaBldg. 112 Market St. 
 
 •T. PAUL.' MINN. — General Agent Cor. 4th * Jaekaon Su. 
 
 «••. K. Mantor* — Ration, MaM., 248 Washington St.: New York; NY.. 
 1248 Broadway. .. , „.„. _. 
 
 ■sslmian Taarist Ataacy — Boston, Maaa., S Milk St. 
 
 TkMTCMk * %m». — Beaton, Mass., 33« Washington St.: Cleveland. 
 Ohlo773 Kuelld Ave.; Columbia. Ohio, 332 HammoDd Bldg., 13 South 
 HmS swet; N«rt N. J., 77BBro«l St.; |S«" Jork, N. Y^ 246 Bnwl- 
 way; PaterKm. N. J., 301 Main St.: Philadelphia, Pa., 137 Broad Ht ; 
 PltUburgh,Pa.,S088mlthllsld«.:8yraouae S.J. 12SE. Waahlngton «t 
 
 ■avBMarf aad Wkitaaiiik. — Boston, Mass., 306 Wsshlncton St. ; Chl- 
 'cST IlirM2 ftSth MlihlgiBWd : UeWV*, «•?•>.. J37 Woodward 
 A^. New York, N. Y.. MSJinh Ave. PWladslphla^., 1005 Ches^ 
 nut St : Pittsburgh, Pa., 032 SmlthOeld St.; Springfield, Maaa., 3S9 
 Main St.; Woroester. MMS.. 385 Main St. 
 
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 ,tNO. — W. J. CARTMEL. Gen. Pass. Agent 
 
 21 Charing Cross. 
 
 rMwiignr and Frslcht L>epts 9 BIshopsgau. 
 
 PAIII*. PNANCK — Paanngar Offloe, Thos. Cook * Bon. I Place de I'Opera. 
 
 For aU Inlormatlon and literature, write to above Agenu, m. 
 n, L. rAINOAINN. Oeneral Pass, /^nt, Toronto, Ont. 
 
 H. CRHLMAN, Oeneral Pass Agent, Winnipeg. Man. 
 
 •KO. N. tNAMT, Oeneral Traffle Manager. Toronto, Ont. 
 Usosd at Chleago by the General Passenger Oept.. April. I«I7. 
 
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