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Title: Through Mountains and Canyons. The Canadian Rockies.
Author: Notman, William McFarlane (1857-1913)
Date of first publication: 1906
Edition used as base for this ebook: Montreal: Wm. Notman & Son, 1906 [first edition]
Date first posted: 14 May 2011
Date last updated: 14 May 2011
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Entered According to Act of Parliament
of Canada,
in the Year 1906, at the
Department of Agriculture, by
Wm. Notman & Son.





THE THREE SISTERS, CANMORE

THE THREE SISTERS, CANMORE




BANFF SPRINGS HOTEL, FROM OVER FALLS

BANFF SPRINGS HOTEL, FROM OVER FALLS




BANFF SPRINGS HOTEL AND MOUNT RUNDLE

BANFF SPRINGS HOTEL AND MOUNT RUNDLE




BOW VALLEY, FROM BANFF HOTEL

BOW VALLEY, FROM BANFF HOTEL




SUN DANCE CANYON, BANFF

SUN DANCE CANYON, BANFF




CASCADE MOUNTAIN AND CANYON

CASCADE MOUNTAIN AND CANYON




LAKE LOUISE, LAGGAN

LAKE LOUISE, LAGGAN




VICTORIA GLACIER, LAKE LOUISE

VICTORIA GLACIER, LAKE LOUISE




LAKE AGNES, CASTLE CRAGS, HAZEL PEAK AND MOUNT LEFROY

   LAKE AGNES, CASTLE CRAGS, HAZEL PEAK AND MOUNT LEFROY




MORAINE LAKE, VALLEY OF THE TEN PEAKS

MORAINE LAKE, VALLEY OF THE TEN PEAKS




MOUNT STEPHEN

 MOUNT STEPHEN




MOUNT STEPHEN AND FIELD, B.C.

MOUNT STEPHEN AND FIELD, B.C.




TWIN FALLS, YOHO VALLEY

TWIN FALLS, YOHO VALLEY




TAKAKKAW FALL, YOHO VALLEY—1,200 feet high.

TAKAKKAW FALL, YOHO VALLEY—1,200 feet high.




EMERALD LAKE, NEAR FIELD, B.C.

EMERALD LAKE, NEAR FIELD, B.C.




LOWER KICKING HORSE CANYON

  LOWER KICKING HORSE CANYON




LOWER KICKING HORSE CANYON, NEAR GOLDEN, B.C.

LOWER KICKING HORSE CANYON, NEAR GOLDEN, B.C.




MOUNTAIN CREEK BRIDGE—Containing 1,500,000 feet timber.

  MOUNTAIN CREEK BRIDGE—Containing 1,500,000 feet timber.




STONY CREEK

  STONY CREEK




STONY CREEK BRIDGE—Height 296 feet.

    STONY CREEK BRIDGE—Height 296 feet.




MOUNT MACDONALD, EAST SIDE

   MOUNT MACDONALD, EAST SIDE




ROGERS PASS AND MOUNT MACDONALD

  ROGERS PASS AND MOUNT MACDONALD




THE GREAT AND ASULKAN GLACIERS

  THE GREAT AND ASULKAN GLACIERS




SUMMER AND WINTER TRACKS, NEAR GLACIER

SUMMER AND WINTER TRACKS, NEAR GLACIER




INTERIOR OF A SNOW SHED

INTERIOR OF A SNOW SHED




GLACIER HOUSE, GLACIER, B.C.

GLACIER HOUSE, GLACIER, B.C.




THE GREAT GLACIER OF THE SELKIRKS

THE GREAT GLACIER OF THE SELKIRKS




CREVASSES, ASULKAN GLACIER

  CREVASSES, ASULKAN GLACIER




ICE CAVE, THE GREAT GLACIER

  ICE CAVE, THE GREAT GLACIER




ASULKAN GLACIER

 ASULKAN GLACIER




SIR DONALD AND THE GREAT GLACIER

SIR DONALD AND THE GREAT GLACIER




HERMIT RANGE, FROM MOUNT ABBOTT

 HERMIT RANGE, FROM MOUNT ABBOTT




ILLECILLEWAET VALLEY AND LOOP, FROM MOUNT ABBOTT

ILLECILLEWAET VALLEY AND LOOP, FROM MOUNT ABBOTT




THE LOOP, SHOWING FOUR TRACKS

  THE LOOP, SHOWING FOUR TRACKS




JAWS OF DEATH, THOMPSON CANYON

JAWS OF DEATH, THOMPSON CANYON




ALBERT CANYON

ALBERT CANYON




FRASER CANYON, BELOW NORTH BEND

  FRASER CANYON, BELOW NORTH BEND




MOONLIGHT, FRASER CANYON

MOONLIGHT, FRASER CANYON




CARIBOO ROAD BRIDGE, FRASER CANYON

CARIBOO ROAD BRIDGE, FRASER CANYON








[End of Through Mountains and Canyons, by William McFarlane Notman]