Canadian Pacific Rockies Byron Harmon Vandyck Photogravure The Three Sisters
THREE SISTERS.
Canadian Pacific Rockies Byron Harmon Vandyck Photogravure MT. Sir Donald
MOUNT SIR DONALD. One of the giants of the Selkirk Range. Stands over ten thousand feet high and towers up its flanks snowclad and snowfields of enormous extent.
Canadian Rockies Byron Harmon Vandyck Photogravure Field B.C. & Mt. Stephen
FIELD, B.C., AND MOUNT STEPHEN. A divisional town on the Canadian Pacific Railway. Also the administrative centre of Yoho National Park. Flowing through the valley is the famous Kicking Horse River.
Canadian Pacific Rockies Byron Harmon Vandyck Photogravure Chateau Lake Louise
CHATEAU LAKE LOUISE. Completed in 1925. Has accommodations for 700 guests. Has a commanding view of Lake Louise and Victoria Glacier. The dining room, overlooking the lake, is considered the finest in Canada.
Canadian Pacific Rockies Byron Harmon Vandyck Photogravure Moraine Lake & Valley
MORAINE LAKE AND VALLEY OF TEN PEAKS. The scenery of this region is altogether Alpine. A wonderful array of glaciers descend into the great amphitheatre about the lake.
Canadian Pacific Rockies Byron Harmon Vandyck Photogravure Bow Lake
Near the continental divide, twenty-five miles northwest of Lake Louise, is one of the Gems of the Rockies. The waters from the great Gordon glacier flow into the lake, which is the actual source of the Bow River.
Canadian Pacific Rockies Byron Harmon Vandyck Photogravure Marble Canyon Banff
MARBLE CANYON. Through an abysmal rift in the rocks pour the waters of a rushing stream winding, twisting, worming its way far below. This canyon, thirty-five miles west of Banff, is of unique scenic beauty of access.
Canadian Pacific Rockies Byron Harmon Vandyck Photogravure Castle Mountain
CASTLE MOUNTAIN. «. ‘Standing out in the centre of the valley is a very remarkable mountain which, even at a great distance, looks exactly like a gigantic castle.’.
Canadian Pacific Rockies Byron Harmon Vandyck Photogravure Cathedral Peak
CATHEDRAL PEAK. Altitude, 10,454 feet. A beautiful outstanding peak, seen from many points. This view is taken from Lake O’Hara.
Canadian Pacific Rockies Byron Harmon Photogravure MT Lefroy & Lake Louise
MOUNT LEFROY. Has an altitude of over eleven thousand feet. Between it and Mount Victoria (seen through the trees) is the noted “Death Trap,” a narrow defile in Abbot Pass where avalanches thunder at frequent intervals.