Image: The Rockies of Canada; (1909) (14761323754)

Description: Identifier: rockiesofcanad00wilc (find matches) Title: The Rockies of Canada; Year: 1909 (1900s) Authors: Wilcox, Walter Dwight, 1869- (from old catalog) Subjects: Publisher: New York and London, G. P. Putnam's sons Contributing Library: The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: 48 ;anaba ifore to beofhk ■n winding I heir vari- ngsnow- iread like a was seen rcle om a The e left, >;ular mits about ihaped glaci rcling mountains (hemmed in the far sideline of peaks, to terminate,a double-pointed mountain witone mile apart. The strata of been fashioijg&S^^ forms of beauty, like imitations of minarets, pinna-cles, and graceful spires. The mountain itself resem-bled a splendid building, with nature as architect, thefrost and rain for sculptors. f gentle slopes aoofs and wallone side of this mountain, wheredently striven to surpass all ofrom the middle slopes acolumns, apparently se\trange monumenthquake snents whileI tl likeOn jseone Theysur-ring Com- Sgypt, diaare Text Appearing After Image: 2>tecoven> of a IRew IDallc? 49 At the time of our arrival on the summit, a suddenchange took place in the weather. The wind camefrom another quarter, and the monotonous coveringof grey clouds began to disclose blue sky in manyplaces. The afternoon sun poured shafts of lightthrough the moving clouds, and awakened brightcolours over forests, meadows, and streams. 1 This beautiful scene opened before us so suddenlythat for a time the cliffs echoed to our exclamationsof pleasure, while those who had recently been mostdepressed in spirit were now most vehement in ex-pressions of delight. A short time before no onecould be found to assume the responsibility of such afoolhardy trip, but now each member of our partyhad been the proposer of this glorious excursion. Wespent a half-hour on the pass, and divided our workso that while one took photographs of the scene,another took angles of prominent points for our map,and the rest built a cairn to celebrate our ascent ofthe pass. It was de Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Title: The Rockies of Canada; (1909) (14761323754)
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Author: Wilcox, Walter Dwight, 1869- [from old catalog]
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