The Rockies of Canada; (1909) (14783558443)

Identifier: rockiesofcanad00wilc (find matches)
Title: The Rockies of Canada;
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Wilcox, Walter Dwight, 1869- (from old catalog)
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Publisher: New York and London, G. P. Putnam's sons
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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trees,and their sinuously artistic shores. Only on thestormiest days are they without calms and reflec-tions. The ripples on such lakes of small extentrequire but a brief respite from wind to settle intoperfect calm, or to that more delightful stage, whenthe water, still tremulous yet generally smooth, givessoft reflections of trees and clouds. The day of my return for the lost knapsack wasspent by Bryant and Steele in an interesting manner.They made a partial ascent of Mt. Assiniboine, reach-ing a height of ten thousand feet, and exploring thesnow fields, out of which rise the steep cliffs of thehighest peak. Turning southward from our camp,they walked through open country to the base of themountain, where, with rope and the two remainingice-axes, they commenced a slow ascent of the snowand ice slope which descends from the upper glacierand rests on the lower. This ascent of seven oreight hundred feet accomplished and a short butdifficult scramble over a water-worn cliff, led them to
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