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CANADIAN PACIFIC WHERE TO STAY CANADIAN PACIFIC HOTELS IN THE ROCKIES

Banff Springs Hotel In the heart of . Alpine climbing, motoring and Banff, drives on good roads, golf, bathing, hot sulphur springs, tennis, fishing, Altitude 4,625 feet boating and riding. Open Summer Months. Special rates for two weeks or over. European plan. Chateau Facing an exquisite Alpine Lake in Banff National Park. Alpine Lake Louise, Alberta climbing with Swiss guides, pony trips, swimming, drives or motoring, Altitude 5,670 feet boating, fishing. Open Summer months. European plan. Emerald Lake Chalet Situated at the foot of , in picturesque Yoho National Near Field, B.C. Park. Roads and trails to the Burgess Pass, Yoho Valley, etc. Boating Altitude 4,272 feet and fishing. Open Summer'months. American plan. Hotel Sicamous Junction for the orchard districts of the Okanagan Valley, and stopover Sicamous, B.C. point for those who wish to see the Canyons by daylight. Excel' Altitude 1,146 feet lent trout fishing in . Open all year. American plan. BUNGALOW CAMPS REACHED BY CANADIAN PACIFIC By motor from either Banff or Lake Louise. Hiking, fishing, motoring, Altitude 5,600 feet mountain climbing. Open Summer months. By motor (91 miles) from Banff or Lake Louise. Motoring, fishing, Altitude 3,456 feex climbing, swimming in hot radium pools. Open Summer months. By trail from Banff. Overnight stop in halfway cabin. Camp is at the Altitude 7,200 feet foot of Mount Assiniboine (11,860 ft.). Open Summer months. Moraine Lake By motor from Lake Louise. Head of . Trout Altitude 6,100 feet fishing, pony trails, climbs, etc. Open Summer months. Lake O'Hara By trail from Hector, B.C. Riding, mountain climbing, trips to Lake Altitude 6, 664 feet McArthur and Lake Oesa, also to . Open Summer months. Wapta Near Hector Station. Excursions to Lake O'Hara, Yoho Valley, Sher> Altitude 5,100 feet brooke Lake, Kicking Horse Canyon, drives. Open Summer months. Yoho Valley By motor from Field or Lake Louise, in one of the loveliest valleys in the Altitude 5,000 feet Rockies. Takakkaw Falls, Summit Lake, Yoho , hikes, climbs, pofly trips. Open Summer months.

Canadian Pacific Hotels on the Pacific Coast Hotel Vancouver Largest hotel on the North Pacific Coast, overlooking the , and serving Vancouver, B.C. equally the business man and the tourist. Golf, motoring, fishing, hunting, bathing, steamer excursions. Open all year. European plan. Empress Hotel A luxurious hotel in 's Evergreen Playground, which by its equable climate has Victoria, B.C. become a favorite summer and winter resort. Motoring, yachting, fishing, shooting and all-year golf. Crystal Garden for swimming and music. Open all year. European plan.

Canadian Pacific Hotels on the Prairies Hotel Palliser A handsome hotel of metropolitan standard. Suited equally to the business man or the , Alberta tourist to or from the . Open all year. European plan, Hotel In the capital of this rich and prosperous province. Golf and motoring. Open all year, Regina, Sask. European plan. The Royal Alexandra A popular hotel in the largest city of , and the centre of Winnipeg's Winnipeg, Man. social life. Open all year. European plan.

Canadian Pacific Hotels in Toronto, Ont. The Royal York—The largest hotel in the British Empire. Open all year. Montreal, Que. Place Viger Hotel—A charming hotel in Canada's largest city. Open all year. , Que. Chateau Frontenac—A metropolitan hotel in the most historic city of . Open all year. McAdam, N.B. McAdam Hotel—A commercial and sportsman's hotel. Open all year. St. Andrews, N.B. The Algonquin—The social centre of Canada's most fashionable seashore summer resort. Open summer months. Digby, N. S. The Pines—'s premier resort hotel. Open Summer months. Kentville, N. S. The New Cornwallis Inn—suited equally to the tourist and business man. Open all year. Yarmouth, N. S. Lakeside Inn.' (open June 1931).

Other Hotels and Bungalow Camps Reached by Canadian Pacific Agassiz, B.C Harrison Hot Springs Hotel Kenora, Ont Devil's Gap Camp Penticton, B.C Hotel Incola Nipigon, Ont Nipigon River Camp , B.C Cameron Lake Chalet French River, Ont French River Camp

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IN THE VARIOUS Tourist accommoda­ mountain ranges that tion is secured at make up the Canadian hotels or at Bungalow Rockies—the Rockies Camps, and the four proper, the Selkirks, Canadian Pacific hotels and the Monashee, in the mountains are Coast, Cascade and now, without exaggera­ Purcell Ranges—there tion, world famous. are, according to Gov­ They are of different ernment measurements size, but each is char­ including only those acterized by the same peaks which bear beautiful location, the names, and not the in­ same luxury, comfort numerable mountains and charm of interior that have not yet been appointment, and ex­ named or measured, or cellence of personal ser­ that are very difficult vice. Each occupies of access from railways, the best scenic view­ 630 peaks over 6,000 point, and is the centre feet above sea-level; of all outdoor excur­ 308 between 7,000 feet sions and facilities ne­ and 10,000 feet; 161 cessary thereto. between 10,000 feet Bungalow Camps not and 12,000 feet; and 4 only supplement the over 12,000 feet. hotels, but also provide This wonderful accommodation of a mountain region offers somewhat different a remarkable welcome kind. They are, on to those who leave the the whole, much less railway and tarry formal, and are of log awhile. Snow-clad THE FALLS, BANFF ©A.S.N. or other wooden con­ peaks, gleaming white struction, with a large , rugged preci­ central building that pices, waterfalls, foaming torrents, canyons, beautiful lakes set serves as a dining-room and social centre, and separate sleep­ in the heart of pine-forests—these have been flung together by ing bungalows. Besides the Bungalow Camps, there are many the Great Creator in unparalleled profusion. Tea-Houses, Lodges and Rest-Houses at outlying points. All these you see around and within easy reach of the prin­ cipal vacation resorts of the Canadian Rockies—resorts which have now become known to the ends of the world. Banff, Lake The Calgary Stampede Louise, Emerald Lake, and the Yoho Valley—these are some ALBERTA, ALWAYS a country of considerable stock-raising of the centres of summer life, where you can golf, climb moun­ interests, is still one of the principal ranching sections of the tains, take wonderful motor trips, ride into the fastnesses on West; and in the "Stampede" held at Calgary, the glories of sure-footed mountain ponies, fish, swim, boat, hike or explore: the Old West are revived annually in a week's carnival of where you meet Indians, and cow-punchers, and scarlet-coated sports and contests. The Calgary Stampede has now Royal Canadian Mounted Policemen, or mountain sheep wan­ become a famous frontier-day celebration, and contestants dering unmolested by the road. And at these and other places come from all parts of the continent. Cowboys, Indians, there are magnificent hotels or charming bungalow camps, Mounted Policemen, old-timers are all to be seen in this where days and nights pass in surroundings of beauty, comfort western epic. It is held usually during the second week of and gaiety. July and visitors to the Canadian Rockies should stop off These resorts of the Canadian Rockies are now so closely at Calgary and participate. linked by motor roads as well as by railway that when you go to visit one you can easily visit them all. P>ude Ranches A.T VARIOUS PLACES in the Canadian Rockies, the visitor can National Parks enjoy both ranch life and excursions into the neighbouring mountains. They are:— Oix OF CANADA'S magnificent system of National Parks situ­ ated in the Canadian Rockies are traversed by or lie adjacent BUFFALO HEAD RANCH—near the E P Ranch, and with miles of frontage on the beautiful . Riding, to the ; while others can be conve­ fishing, hunting. Address, George W. Pocaterra, High River, niently reached from it. R.R.2, Alta. BANFF PARK (3,834.5 square miles), with Banff and Lake HALF CIRCLE E Y RANCH, Seebe, Alta.—operated by Louise as principal centres. Colonel Mills and Miss Yates. Address, Miss E. Yates, 1374 YOHO PARK (476 square miles), containing Emerald Lake, Sherbrooke Street, W., Montreal, Que. the Yoho Valley, Lake O'Hara and . KANANASKIS RANCH—in Banff Park, near the Indian KOOTENAY PARK (587 square miles), with Banff-Winder­ Reservation at Morley. Address, C. B. Brewster, Kananaskis, mere Road running through it. Alta. GLACIER PARK (468 square miles). In the Selkirk Range. LAKE WINDERMERE RANCH CAMP FOR GIRLS—located 100 miles from Banff on Lake Windermere. Address, Miss Mary MOUNT REVELSTOKE PARK (100 square miles). Cutler, 402 Siegel Street, Chicago, 111. WATERTON LAKES PARK (220 square miles). In Southern MOUNT ASSINIBOINE CAMP—at the base of the "Matterhorn Alberta. of theRockies."Address,Mrs.W. A. Brewster,Kananaskis, Alta. MOUNT ASSINIBOINE PARK (20 square miles) is a British SKOOKUMCHUCK-IN-THE-ROCKIES—a Ranch Camp for girls Columbia Provincial Park. under twenty-one, on beautiful Lake Premier, British Colum­ bia. Address, Mrs. Elmore Lowell Staples, 461 B Avenue, Coronado, Calif. Canadian Pacific Hotels THE T S RANCH—in the foothills west of High River, adjoining the E P Ranch belonging to the Prince of Wales. BANFF SPRINGS HOTEL EMERALD LAKE CHALET Conducted by Guy Weadick, Manager of the Calgary CHATEAU LAKE LOUISE HOTEL SICAMOUS Stampede. Address, Longview P.O., Alta. Ban-FT and Osstniboine

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Mount Stephen Hall—Banff Springs Hotel Banff Springs warm bath provides an invigorating plunge. Hotel There is also excel­ lent swimming at the DANFF is one of the Cave and Basin, where most popular mountain a fine £150,000 swim­ resorts on the continent ming pool and series of —due not only to its private baths have been environment, but also built by the Govern­ to the beautifully situ­ ment. At the Upper ated and splendidly ap­ Hot Sulphur Springs, pointed Banff Springs on the slopes of Sul­ Hotel — a Canadian phur Mountain 800 Pacific hotel. The en­ feet higher than the tire first and second hotel, at an altitude of floors are given over to 5,425 feet, is another public rooms, in which swimming pool, which the architect has pro­ may be reached by vided a Scotch baronial trail from the hotel, atmosphere. Among or by road from Bow the features are the River Bridge. period suites — the Vice-Regal, Georgian, Golf and Tennis Jacobean, Tudor, Swiss and Italian; the period AN EIGHTEEN-HOLE influence also domin­ golf course, superbly ates the lounges, in­ located on the banks of cluding the magnificent the Bow River, and Hall. guarded by huge bast­ At the hotel there is ions of rock, turreted entertainment all the and pinnacled like time. One could be INDIAN BRAVES AT INDIAN WEEK, BANFF the fortified castle perfectly happy just of old, is open to all looking out towards visitors to Banff on the enclosing mountains, watching the swimmers in the warm payment of green fees. The course has been entirely recon­ sulphur water pool, swimming oneself, playing tennis, or study­ structed by the Canadian Pacific, under the supervision of ing the cosmopolitan types which one meets at this great cara­ Stanley Thompson, and now offers one of the finest, most vanserai. Thereis an excellent Turkish bath at the hotel, very perfectly balanced and most scenically beautiful courses in the popular with those who come in after a game of golf or an hour world. Starting from within 300 feet of the Banff Springs Hotel in the saddle. The spacious luxurious lounges invite one to it has a length of 6,640 yards and a par of 71. One feature, to succumb to a contented laziness. There is nearly always an suit all types of golfers, is the use of three tees for each hole, orchestra playing somewhere, and in the evening, when Banff, providing three courses—long, medium and short. The fair­ the mountains and the winding Bow are bathed in moonlight, ways are doubly wide, with two routes to each hole. The the strains of dance music float out from the ballroom. nineteenth holeis a superb new 3100,000 club house admirably Should you care, however, to learn something of the forma­ situated on the banks of the river. The caddies who minister tion of the mountains or of the wild life in which they abound to the game which grew up under the aegis of St. Andrew or of the flowers which grow in such profusion, there are areStoney Indians! Golfclubscan be obtained at the club house. lecturers who give informal talks on certain evenings. Such For tennis players there are several admirable courts. talks are usually illustrated with selections of slides and Adjoining the tennis courts are an excellent badminton court open up new realms of interest which the visitor might and croquet ground. Equipment for these games can be pass unnoticed. Questions and discussion are invited and obtained at the hotel. the fact that it is often difficult to obtain a seat in the Mount Stephen Hall is the best proof of the interest which such discussions and talks arouse. The Highland (fathering J\T BANFF EACH YEAR, towards the end of August, is held the "Highland Gathering." The Hot Springs This is a great Scotch festival of music and sports, to which JTT.AD BANFF not become famous for its beauty, it must have singers from all parts of America come, and bagpipers from become famous for its hot springs, which are amongst the most Highland regiments to play in competitions, and in which the important of this continent. The chief springs have a total sturdy old Scotch sports, and the fine Scotch costume dancing, flow of about a million gallons a day, and issue from the are to be seen at their best. ground the year round at a temperature ranging from 78 to A special little booklet is issued about the Highland 112 degrees Fahrenheit. Winter makes no difference to the Gathering, and is procurable from Canadian Pacific agencies. temperature of the water. The chief constituents are calcium sulphate or gypsum, calcium bicarbonate, and magnesium sulphate, and their therapeutic value is very high. The Indian Week^ springs, which are also radio-active, have been developed by the erection at two of them of bath houses and swimming INDIAN WEEK AT BANFF is one of the most colorful spectacles pools. on the North American continent. Between three and four hundred Stoney Indians come from the Morley reserve, 40 miles east of Banff, for their tribal sports and are often joined Swimming by other tribes. Each morning they have a parade in which H/XCELLENT SWIMMING in warm sulphur water is afforded the majority of the Indians take part; the tribe is all mounted, at Banff Springs Hotel, which has its own large and beautiful while many splendid horses are used, resplendent in gorgeous open-air pool. Here, where the temperatures of the summer trappings and headpieces. The costumes of both men and air and the water are delightfully blended and spring diving- women are creations of white buckskin, beadwork and ermine, boards offer opportunity for sport to expert swimmers, the their color schemes being exceedingly wonderful, and they sloping depth of the bath gives confidence to beginners at the ride with dignity and poise. Indian Week is held the third shallow end; while the cold fresh water pool adjacent to the or fourth week in July. Resortsinthe Canadian Rockies

Lakes in the (flouds Into Mirror Lake a noisy cataract drops down a boulder-strewn cliff from i 1,200 feet from a painting by above Lake Louise. From the Chateau a trail DONALD MAXWELL winds over a rocky pass above the pines. Resortsinthe Canadian Rockies

Echo River, a tributary of the Bow, winds through a verdant valley

The Outer Pool at Banff Springs Hotel

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The new Golf Course is a feature of- The Banff Springs Hotel BanfTandjpake Louise.

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Mount Assiniboine rises in impressive grandeur to a height of if ,860 feet in the centre of one of the most magnificent mountain regions in the world. At its foot is a from a watercolor by log cabin camp^ two days' ride from Banff. A. c. LEIGHTON, A.R.B.A. Resortsinthe Canadian Rockies

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sible ranges of the The Town of world. Not without Banff good cause has the whole region been des­ 1 HE TOURIST will find cribed as "fifty Switzer- plenty of interest in the lands in one" and not little town of Banff it­ without good reason self, with its churches, do noted climbers make cinemas and shops, in­ their way thither from terspersed with groups all parts of the world. of cowboys in woolly In the splendid variety chaps and gay colored of climbs which the kerchiefs, sloe-eyed In­ Rockies offer lies half dians in buckskin coats their attraction for the and moccasins,packers, climber. The most trappers, guides and accomplished alpinist other truly mountain will find a plethora of men. Near the fine peaks which will tax bridge over the Bow his skill to the utmost River are the Adminis­ while for the novice tration Offices of the there are easy climbs Park, the Museum,Zoo aplenty from which he and Royal Canadian may graduate. Mounted Police Head­ THE ALPINE CLUB of quarters. Canada, with consider- ablyover 600 members and headquarters esta­ Walking and blished in a singularly Riding handsome Club House ryy ° CLIMBING IN THE ROCKIES at Banff, holds a Camp 1 HERE ARE MANY de­ each year in the Can­ lightful walks and rides adian Rockies, and in the immediate vicinity. The roads are good and the trails welcomes all who have the ambition to climb or are interested especially lovely. The Bow Falls are only a few minutes' walk in any way in the mountains. A small booklet, "Climbs at from the Banff Springs Hotel; the trail which goes up the hill Banff andin the Vicinity," by ArthurO. Wheeler, A. C,details near them affords a lovely view of the falls and the rapids far­ a number of good climbs from Banff and also lists a suitable ther up stream. The fish hatchery nearby is well worth seeing. outfit for mountain climbing. This booklet is obtainable The motor road, on the east side of the through Canadian Pacific agents or from Canadian Pacific river, gives beautiful views of the town, and the Hotels. surrounding peaks. A trail branches off this road almost opposite the hotel, practically above the falls; following the river at times leading into tiny meadows, it eventually comes out at the far side of Tunnel Mountain. You can also J\ SHORT MOTOR RUN is to Lake Minnewanka, 8 miles north of motor up this mountain. Banff, and about 14 miles long. From the hotel the route The Cave and Basin, and Sundance Canyon are two lies through the town, east of Stoney Squaw and Cascade objectives for a walk or ride. This Canyon is a cleft in the Mountains, past the buffalo park and through Bankhead to rocks through which a turbulent stream tumbles. In the rock the lake at the head of Cascade Creek. A weird, elusive beauty crannies and adjoining woods are many beautiful flowers— made the Indians rightly name it "Spirit Water." A motor the dryas, saxifrage, stonecrop and columbine among them. launch runs to the end of the lake, and about half-way passes There are also short delightful trails through the woods the beautiful little Aylmer Canyon, over which towers Mount between Spray Avenue and the motor road leading to the Aylmer (10,365 feet high), while facing it on the opposite shore Upper Hot Springs. rises the head of Mount Inglismaldie (9,715 feet). Row boats There are pony trails and short cuts up Tunnel Mountain are obtainable, and large trout may be fished for. Lake which one can take if walking. It makes an easy climb; its Minnewanka Chalet is a popular place for refreshments. elevation is only 5,540 feet. Stoney Squaw, north of Tunnel Mountain and 620 feet higher, is really a walk, but those who Mount Assiniboine are attracted up its slopes are well repaid. Sulphur Mountain is another delightful walk. The novice MIOUNo T ASSINIBOINE—aptly termed the "Matterhorn of will no doubt insert the word "climb," and argue the word the Canadian Rockies"—rises in impressive grandeur to a walk is incorrect. Sulphur is 8,040 feet, with the Observatory height of 11,860 feet in the centre of one of the most magnifi­ at the summit. To shorten the walk, a motor can be taken cent mountain regions in the world. At the foot of this peak, to the foot of the trail, thus lessening the distance. One of and near the shore of Lake Magog, is situated a comfortable the most pleasant ways of ascent is on the back of a pony. and well-equipped log cabin camp. This camp is reached from Banff by a two days' horseback Boating and Launch Trips ride over the spectacular new trail by way of Brewster Creek, or by a longer trip via the Spray Lakes. Return journey can A., FE W MINUTES from the bridge is the Bow River Boathouse. be made by and then down Healey Creek. A From here motor launches set out several times a day on a halfway cabin has been established as an overnight stop for 12-mile trip in which the surrounding mountains are seen from the convenience of those making the trip via Brewster Creek. a unique and advantageous point of view. Here, also, canoes and row boats are obtainable. Echo River and Willow Creek, Mystic Lake overhung with arching trees, are especially attractive to those who wish to row or paddle on tranquil mountain streams; by JNORTH FROM BANFF, there is a very fine trail ride to Mystic following Willow Creek the lovely are reached. Lake, along the side of Mount Norquay and down to Forty- Mile Creek. It cannot be made in one day, but near Mystic Mountain Climbing Lake there is a specially-constructed log house with sleeping quarters and cookstove, where the night can be spent. An 1 HE CANADIAN ROCKIES present to the mountain climber one extension can be made to Sawback Lake. Organized rides to of the most extensive and interesting fields of any easily acces- these points will leave Banff by special arrangement.

10 To Lake Louise Moraine Lake

V ROM BANFF to Lake ANOTHER PEARL of Louise is a fine 42-mile the Rockies is Moraine motor trip. The route Lake, 9 miles from is along the Bow River, Lake Louise at the end ^^mnn ^ of one of the finest crossing a spot that is ;:./.^.V< ru}M the favorite haunt of a short motor rides in large herd of mountain the mountains. This sheep, which in this lovely mountain lake, national park have exquisitely blue-green sanctuary. in color, lies in the About 16 miles from Valley of the Ten Banff a stop is made at Peaks—a tremendous Johnston Canyon—16 and majestic semi­ miles of inspiring moun­ circle that with jagged tain scenery, with the profile encircles the gaunt grey turrets of eastern and southern Castle Mountain tow­ end of the lake. Not ering ahead. One can one of these peaks is have the car here and less than 10,000 feet walk up the Canyon— in height—the highest, a distance of about Mount Deltaform, is three - quarters of a 11,225 feet. Standing mile. The Johnston off a little, as a sort of Creek dashes between outpost, is high rock walls and of Babel, an interesting falls in a series of RADIUM HOT SPRINGS BUNGALOW CAMP—BANFF-WINDERMERE HIGHWAY rock formation of un­ miniature cascades usual shape. An ex­ which are spanned by tension trip should be tiny rustic bridges. Gradually the canyon reveals its love­ made to Consolation Lake, the waters of which contain a liness. Its climax is a clear blue pool, only partly dis­ plentiful supply of rainbow, Dolly Varden and cut-throat trout. turbed by the whirlpool caused by falls from a gorge above. At the foot of the lake, where the creek flows out into the From Johnston Canyon the road continues to Lake Louise. Valley, is Moraine Lake Bungalow Camp. The main building, Castle Mountain, with its imposing battlements, is on the in its attractive forest setting, contains a bright living and north, and —one of the most stately piles in dining room. The small, separate log sleeping cabins are near the Rockies—on the south. A short detour at Castle enables at hand, providing sleeping accommodation. The camp is an one to reach Castle Mountain Bungalow Camp, from which admirable centre for trail-riders, hikers and mountaineers. a beautiful view of the Bow Valley is to be obtained. Lakes in the Clouds Lake Louise 1 o THE RIGHT of the Chateau is one of the easiest and loveliest L AKE LOUISE—probably the most perfect gem of scenery in trails to follow. It rises rapidly through a steep pine forest the known world—bears the liquid music, the soft color notes abounding in shrubs and alpine flowers, while varied and of its name, almost into the realm of the visible. Geographi­ sweeping views are to be seen through the occasional gaps cally a "cirque lake"—a deep, steep walled recess caused by in the forest. Passing above the snow-line the trail reaches glacial , nestling 600 feet above the railway on the far the first of the Lakes in the Clouds, resting an icy blue in the side of a mountain palisade, amidst an amphitheatre of green forest bowl. This is Mirror Lake; into it a noisy peaks—it is a dramatic palette upon which the Great Artist cataract drops down a boulder-strewn cliff from Lake Agnes, has splashed his most gorgeous hues, a wonderful spectrum the second of the Lakes in the Clouds. The trail winds over of color. Deepest and most exquisitely colored is the lake a rocky path above the pines to Lake Agnes, 1,200 feet above itself, sweeping from rosy dawn to sunset through green, blue, Lake Louise. This lake seldom thaws until mid-July and is a nethyst and violet, undershot by gold; dazzling white is the as quiet, though not so brilliantly colored, as Mirror Lake, sun glorified Victoria Glacier, at the farther end; sombre are some 200 feet below. It is guarded by its own little cirque the enclosing pine-clad peaks that dip perpendicularly into the of white-headed peaks, around which the sunlight and the lake; and magnificent are the stark immensities that enclose billowing clouds chase each other with fascinating swiftness. the picture except for the fleecy blue sky overhead. A delightful log Tea-House stands on the cliff top where the cataract falls down to Mirror Lake. Its wide hearth throws The Chateau out a welcome warmth, andits windows command two wonder­ ful views. On the one side is Lake Agnes and the cirque almost (XJN THE MARGIN of this most perfectlake,in a wonderful Alpine overhead; on the other side avast panorama of the Bow Valley. flower garden, where poppies, violets, columbines, anemones The well-shod climber can continue to the top of the Little and sheep laurel slope through terraced lawns to the water's Beehive, or to the Rest Hut on top of the Big Beehive, or edge—the Canadian Pacific has placed its great Chateau Lake still farther afield to the top of Mount St. Piran. Louise, with accommodation for seven hundred guests. Across the front of the hotel extends a vast lounge that com­ mands an unobstructed view of the Lake through beautiful Plain of the Six Glaciers single pane windows of enormous size. The dining-room, in the JJESIDES THE mighty tongue of the Victoria Glacier, many right wing, has the same wonderful windows and view. From smaller glaciers descend into the cirque, and on the right side the ballroom in the left wing the lake may be seen through of the cirque is the Plain of the Six Glaciers, where a spacious the arches of the cloistered terrace. Thus the visitor may Tea-House with broad verandahs has been placed at the head rest, dine and dance without losing sight of the beauty as an excellent resting place. that attracted him hither. The Plain can be reached by two trails. One continues The Chateau has many attractions. Two fine hard tennis from the Lake Agnes Tea-House, following the right shore of courts are attached to the hotel, and a boathouse supplies the lake into the little cirque as far round as the Big Beehive, rowing boats and canoes. Below the dining-room and over­ then descending between the Big Beehive and the Devil's looking the lake is an attractively terraced concrete swimming Thumb down a steep zigzagging trail into the Plain. Before pool filled with heated glacial water, and with an instructor in reaching the Plain the trail branches in three directions, all of attendance. There are also putting greens and clock golf. which eventually lead to the second trail into the Plain.

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Cradled in the bosom of the ever­ lasting mountains', O'Hara holds a deep-green mirror up to majestic nature^ catching the ever changing reflections of snow-capped peaks or simple Alpine flowers. Tumbling cascades and the multitudinous but indescribable mountain sounds blend in an orchestration unspoiled by any claxon blare. For O'Hara is reached only by trail. Sargent tried to catch the elusive beauty of O'Hara and realized the inadequacy of any pigment to translate it to his canvas. O'Hara must be seen in its natural setting. On the shores of this lake the Canadian Pacific has placed a Bungalow Camp just as it has chosen spots of inexpres­ sible beauty for its other Bungalow Camps and Hotels. Banff^ Lake Louise and Emerald Lake—words fail even to suggest their beauty. One seeing^ in the words of the Chinese proverb^ is worth a thousand tellings.

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The second trail leads directly from the Paradise Valley Chateau to the Plain, some 4 miles away, IARADISE VALLEY is along the broad path about 6 miles long and lies between Lake to the right of the Louise and Moraine Lake and up the Vic­ Lake. It is a garden toria Creek to the of the mountains, car­ foot of the glacier. peted with green and At this point the trails dotted with brightly finally unite and make hued Alpine flowers of a winding ascent to many varieties, includ­ the Tea-House, from ing anemone and asters. which the views of the At the head of the cirque, and Victoria Valley, Paradise Creek Glacier hanging be­ cascades down an tween the cliffs of enormous rock stair­ MountsLefroy andVic- way called the Giant's toria, are unparalleled. Steps, from which the trail leads across the The Tea-House pro­ creek and returns by vides all meals, and way of Lake Annette. limited sleeping accom­ This tiny mountain modation. There is a CASTLE MOUNTAIN BUNGALOW CAMP—BANFF-WINDERMERE HIGHWAY lake is the emerald continuation of the heart of the valley and trail down to the route over it towers Mount over Abbot Pass. Temple. The trail then recrosses the creek to join the main trailback to the Chateau. The route to Moraine Lake can also be followed by trail Abbot Pass and Lake O'Hara riders, while climbers can test their skill by returning along the steep and difficult trail leading from the head of Jr ROM VICTORIA GLACIER there is a fine climbover AbbotPass the Lake over Sentinel Pass, and down into Paradise Valley. between Mount Victoria and , descending to Lake O'Hara. (See page 23.) It is well to start in the morning, taking the trail around the west shores of the Lake, ascending the Victoria Valley and following the edge of Victoria Creek To Emerald Lake until you reach the foot of the glacier. You can make a short diversion to the Plain of Six Glaciers Tea-House en route. V ROM LAKE LOUISE there are a number of very attractive An Alpine hut (with sleeping accommodation for twenty, but motor excursions. Besides the ones to Moraine Lake and not serving meals) is situated near the summit of the Pass, at Banff, already mentioned, there is a fine road to Field and Emerald Lake. This leads west on a high line to the Great an altitude of over 9,500 feet, for the convenience of climbers, Divide and crossing the track near Wapta Bungalow Camp and most people prefer to stop the night here and see a glorious at Hector follows the brawling . sunrise in the morning. This expedition may be undertaken by the novice, who must be accompanied by a Swiss guide. During the season, regular daily sight-seeing motor services In the morning you descend the other side of the Pass to leave Lake Louise and return in the evening. On this drive Lake O'Hara, one of the loveliest of all Rocky Mountain one crosses the Great Divide, stopping at Wapta Camp, Yoho Waters. Here there is a Bungalow Camp where you may stay Valley Camp and Emerald Lake. From Emerald Lake the before returning to Louise, and perhaps, if you have a few new "Kicking Horse Trail" continues to Golden. hours to spare, take the trail that leads to Lake McArthur, whose blue waters lie at an altitude of 7,359 feet. There is a glacier here, and huge blocks of ice may be seen floating on Circle Trail Ride the surface of the lake, even in the summer time. A new route from Lake Louise to Lake O'Hara has been A^ * N ATTRACTIVE 6-day Circle Trail Ride round the Bungalow opened up by constructing a splendid trail from Lake Louise Camps is organized from Lake Louise at regular intervals to Narao Lakes, which connects at that point with the during the months of July and August. The points visited are Wapta-O'Hara trail. The distance from Lake Louise to O'Hara Wapta Camp, Lake O'Hara Camp, Lake McArthur, Ottertail by this new route is roughly 14 miles. trail, Emerald Lake, Yoho Pass, Yoho Valley Camp, Burgess Pass, Field, and back to Lake Louise. For rates, see page 24. The Saddleback Climbing 1 o the left of the Chateau, another beautiful ride or walk follows the broad trail up the farther side of Fairview Moun­ LAK E LOUISE is one of the recognized mountain climbing tain to the Saddleback. The view from the pass between Fair- centres of the Rockies, and has many good climbs both view and the Saddleback is a magnificent panorama of Para­ for the novice and the experienced alpinist. Some short and dise Valley far below, with its little Lake Annette gleaming easy climbs will be found in , Mount St. Piran, like an emerald and its steep, brown-sided guardian mountains Saddle Mountain and Mount Fairview. For the expert alpinist crowned by the snowy summit of Mount Temple in the there are plenty of climbs around Lake Louise that will pro­ distance rising 11,626 feet. vide him with sufficient opportunity to use his skill. Some of On the Saddleback is a deserted cabin, 1,800 feet above these are the ascent of Mounts Whyte, Popes, Collier, the Lake Louise. From this point climbers can reach the north peak of Victoria, Lefroy, and Aberdeen. summit of Fairview, 9,001 feet high, or can go in the opposite Swiss GUIDES are attached to the Chateau Lake Louise for direction to the top of the Saddleback, 7,783 feet high. The those who wish to visit the glaciers or climb mountains. As rider can continue between the Saddleback and Mount Sheol they are greatly in demand, it is advisable to make arrange­ down a winding trail through the lovely Sheol Valley to find ments well in advance. Rates $7 per day. Climbers must be himself at length in beautiful Paradise Valley. equipped with Swiss Alpine climbing boots. 14 Resorts tntheCanadlan Rockies

Consolation Lake and a view of Chateau Lake Louise V/^^t.i

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Mount Temple whose majestic form rises to a height of 11,626 feet^ its crown of gleaming snow lifted above almost vertical cliffs 3,000 to 4,000 feet in height and several miles in extent. This noble mountain is in from a pastel by close proximity to Banff. R. GISSING

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Lake McArthur whose blue waters lie at an altitude of 7^3S9 feet- There is a glacier here and huge blocks of ice may be seen on the surface of the lake, even in the from a painting by summer time. It is reached by trail from Lake RICHARD M. KIMBEL O'Hara.

17 3-ishing and jine Roads

Motor Detour Wild Life 1 HE COMPREHENSIVE I\LL THESE EXPEDITIONS programme of road-con­ hold a wonderful charm, struction carried on by the especially for those inter­ National Parks Depart­ ested in the wild animal ment of the Canadian Gov­ life ^ and the exquisite ernment during the past Alpine _ flowers of the few years has rendered mountains. Over 500 easily accessible some species of flowers grow in of the most magnificent the , scenery in the Canadian and many of these are to Rockies. These roads are be found in the valleys of hard, stable construc­ and on the lower slopes tion. Excellent automo­ and Alpine meadows of bile services (both touring the Lake Louise region. cars and organized sight­ Of the wild creatures seeing busses) greatly en­ the hoary marmot, who hance the pleasure of the is well-known by his shrill visitor. whistle, the marten, the One of the finest of chipmunk, the bighorn or these organized automo­ mountain sheep and bile excursions is the blacktail or mule , famous "Motor Detour." are seen in large numbers. This is from Banff to Black bears are also not Golden and gives a fine uncommon, and some are survey of the "highlights" becoming very tame. of the nearer mountain It is a common saying region. After a sight­ that there are no birds in seeing trip round Banff, a the mountains, but anyone 42-mile run is made to with eyes and ears can Lake Louise and the night soon disprove this belief. spent at the Chateau Lake The Franklin grouse is Louise. The journey then one species which nearly continues to the Great every visitor is bound to Divide, Wapta Lake, the see. This bird seems to , Yoho have no sense at all and Valley, Emerald Lake, is generally referred to as the Kicking Horse Can­ the "fool-hen." A type yon and Golden. The . . ^ . of Canadian jay, the trip may also be taken LAKE O'HARA whiskey-jack, is plentiful in the reverse direction. enough, and sometimes The Detour can be made in twenty-four hours, through these saucy birds will stand and inspect one from every angle. passengers being picked up soon after their arrival at either Other birds likely to be seen are the mountain bluebird, eagle, Banff (going westward) or Golden (going eastward), and set ptarmigan, the cheerful chickadee, water ousel and humming down at the other end of the trip in time to take their train. bird. Stop-over privileges are, however, allowed at points en route and most people will prefer to spread the Detour over two or three days, or even longer. Special arrangements are made Fishing in the Rockies for handling baggage and sleeping-car reservations. The r IVE VARIETIES of trout have their habitat in the waters length of the detour, including a sight-seeing ride round Banff, of the Banff Park—cut-throat, lake, Dolly Varden, bull and is 142 miles. Detailed circular from Canadian Pacific agencies. brook trout. Good fishing can be obtained in the Bow River upstream and downstream, Lake Minnewanka, Mystic Lake, Banff-Windermere Road Sawback Lakes, , the Spray Lakes, and the Kananaskis Lakes. 1 HE FAMOUS BANFF-WINDERMERE ROAD takes you into a Castle Mountain, Wapta and O'Hara Bungalow Camps magnificent section. In length 104 miles, it runs from Banff offer good sport. Within easy reach of Castle Mountain Camp over the (altitude 5,264 feet) into Kootenay are Vista Lake (13^ miles), Boom Lake (4 miles), Boom Creek, National Park and then follows the Vermilion and Kootenay Twin Lakes, Altrude River and the Altrude Lakes. Wapta, Rivers until within a few miles of . Passing too, is a splendid centre and it is but two and a half miles to through Sinclair Canyon, the road emerges after several miles Sherbrooke Lake. Restocking has worked wonders with Lake into the Valley and reaches Lake Windermere. O'Hara. To afford accommodation for those making this trip the Around Lake Louise reasonably good fishing is afforded in Canadian Pacific has erected two bungalow camps en route: the Pipestone River, Consolation Lake, the Upper Bow Lakes Castle Mountain Bungalow Camp (26 miles from either Banff and other places. The open season for fishing in the national or Lake Louise), and Radium Hot Springs Camp (91 miles). parks is from July 1st to September 30th, inclusive. There is a The Columbia River Highway runs from Golden to Lake Dominion Government Fishing Inspector at Banff, from whom Windermere, thus forming, in connection with the Banff- full and reliable information can be obtained. Windermere Road and the Banff-Golden Road, a complete Between Lake Louise and the Pacific Coast there are numer­ circuit of three National Parks—Banff, Yoho and Kootenay. ous points well worth the attention of the angler. Sicamous is A very fine excursion, called "the Lariat Trail," occupying a good centre, at the head of the celebrated Shuswap Lake, three days, is organized to leave Banff twice a week in the and comfortable headquarters can be established at the Cana­ summer months to embrace all these. Leaving Banff, it dian Pacific hotel adjoining the station. Shuswap Lake has proceeds to Castle Mountain, turns south along the Banff- the reputation of containing more varieties of trout than any Windermere Road as far as Radium Hot Springs (where the other water in . , at the junction first night is^ spent), thence turns north to Golden and East of the north and south branches of the , is an along the Kicking Horse Canyon to Emerald Lake (second excellent centre for the fly fisherman and within easy reach night). The third day it runs to Yoho Valley, Wapta Lake, are several fine waters. The lower stretches of both the the Great Divide, Lake Louise and Banff. Thompson and Fraser Rivers offer good fishing at many points. 18 Resortsmthe Canadian Rockies Resortstnthe Canadian Rockies

Emerald Lake has a fair supply of trout, and its vicinity affords many charming excursions by foot or by trail. Emerald Lake Chalet, on the southern shore, is built of great squared timbers and is surrounded from a painting by by bungalows of rustic design. BELMORE BROWNE

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where comfortable Yoho National chairs for lounging, Park card-tables, a library and a great log fire pro­ Y OHONATIONALPARK vide entertainment for (area 476 square miles) all. immediately adjoins The bungalows are Banff Park along the of various sizes, most crest of the Great Div­ daintily and comfort­ ide. In this realm of ably furnished with hot winsome beauty there and cold running water, are deep cool primeval bathrooms, stoves, forests, giant moun­ good sized cupboards, tains, ancient white ex­ etc. All of them have panses of glacier, foam­ their individual veran­ ing waterfalls, rushing dahs, and the larger rivers and lakes of jade ones are "en suite" and sapphire. with connecting doors. At convenient points throughout the Park Yoho Pass are Canadian Pacific Bungalow Camps, UNE OF THE FINEST Rest-Houses and trail trips from Emer­ Tea-Houses, all linked ald Lake, on the back up by excellent motor of a sturdy, sure-footed roads or trails. mountain pony, is to the Summit of Yoho Pass, that is to say, Natural Bridge leading into the Yoho Valley. The return r IELD, a little railway journey can be made town and divisional in four hours afoot or point that nestles at by pony, but many the foot of Mount people prefer to make Stephen—a giant that it an all-day affair. towers 6,500 feet above AVENUE—THE WAY OUT TO EMERALD LAKE At the summit of the to a height of 10,485 Pass is a cosy little log- feet above sea level— cabin Rest-House. is the point at which you descend from the train; or if you have come from Banff or Lake Louise, the motor road brings Yoho Valley you past Field. From the town it is seven miles out to Emerald r ROM YOHO PASS there is a good trail leading down to the Lake Chalet, by a fine road through the hush of a scented pine- Yoho Valley, coming out near the Bungalow Camp. The view forest. from the top is a magnificent one of wide vistas, with Takak­ Soon you reach Natural Bridge—an ineffectual effort on the kaw Falls on the far side of the Valley. part of nature to curb the foaming passage of the Kicking Pausing near the Bungalow Camp, you can turn into the Horse by choking the river bed with huge boulders. A Upper Yoho Valley. A beautiful trail winds up the valley to platform has been built across the cataract for the convenience Twin Falls and Yoho Glacier, passing Point Lace Falls, of visitors, and on the other side there is a charming little Angel's Stairs and Laughing Falls. Yoho Glacier lies at the Tea-House with resident accommodation for four guests. Valley's end. For the majority the ride up the valley to the The road becomes Snowpeak Avenue—because at either end culminating glacier is enough for one day, and fortunately of its straight cathedral-stiff avenue can be seen a towering there is no need to return, for opposite Twin Falls (two fast snowcapped mountain. columns that drop almost perpendicularly) is Twin Falls Lodge, with accommodation for eight guests. Emerald Lake 1 HE SUPERB GREEN of Emerald Lake is beyond Nature's The High Trail achievement in any other lake in the Rockies. Tall pines Y ou CAN RETURN by the "High Trail," mounting through crowd to the water's edge to see their perfect reflection, and to Alpine meadows, carpeted with purple and white bryanthus, see inverted in the emerald mirror the snowy giants that sur­ till you come out of the scent of wild flowers and balsam high round it. Burgess looms at one end of the lake, while more over Yoho Valley. The sense of quiet disappears, and there distant are Wapta, Michael, President, Carnarvon and comes to you as you ride along the edge of a sort of natural Emerald. bastion the roar of waters and the sigh of wind. Across the Emerald Lake has a fair supply of trout, and its vicinity valley, the great Waputik snowfield and Takakkaw Falls affords many charming excursions on foot or by trail. There glimmer in the westerning sun and you can pick out in that is a good trail all around the lake, which is the shortest four and clear air the faint black of the Canadian Pacific track going a half miles you've ever walked, and perhaps the loveliest, into the Spiral Tunnel beyond the Kicking Horse River. Soon and another to Hamilton Falls. A boat-house provides skiffs you reach the Yoho Lake again and the trail home. for water excursions. The Chalet Burgess Pass H/MERALD LAKE CHALET, on the southern shore, is built of O)R* FROM YOHO LAKE you can turn in another direction, great squared timbers, fortress-like in their solidity, surround­ round on to Burgess Pass, altitude 7,150 feet. It is a wonderful ed by rustic design chalets under whispering trees. The settle­ journey. The great crags of Wapta flaunt up to the left, and to ment now consists of three units—the Chalet, the Club House, the right, at every step, there appear higher up new visions of and the bungalows. Range. The guide can point out to you the way The Chalet is along Swiss Chalet lines, with deep over­ to the now well-known Burgess Pass Fossil Quarry, which was hanging balconies. It contains the office, the dining room, discovered by Dr. Walcott in 1910, and has yielded to science and many bedrooms. The Club House is what its name the finest and largest series of Middle Cambrian fossils yet implies; it is an especial favorite at nights, either the verandah, unearthed and the finest invertebrate fossils discovered in any with its magnificent sunset and moonlight views, or indoors, formation. Descent can be made from the Pass to Field.

21 Resortstnthe Canadian Rockies 1/oho national Park

There is another Wapta route to Lake O'Hara Bungalow Camp —going from Field to the end of the motor WAPTA LAKE, a beau­ road and the junction tiful sheet of water of the Ottertail trail that is the principal and thence via this source of the Kicking trail along McArthur Horse River, lies high Creek and Pass. up near the Great Divide. The Canadian Lake Pacific circles one side, with a station at Hec­ McArthur tor, while the motor road from Field to JLLVERYBODY who Lake Louise is on the visits O'Hara takes camp side. Since the the trip to Lake Mc­ opening of this high­ Arthur. The trail is way it is possible to good and leads through drive over from Yoho meadowlands and up to Wapta, passing the the rugged, stony charming Kicking shoulder of Mount Horse Tea-House. Schaffer, from whence Like most of the there is a superb view Rocky Mountain lakes, of rugged Ottertail Val­ the color of Wapta is ley. McArthur is one an indescribable green of the largest lakes at varying in shade with YOHO VALLEY BUNGALOW CAMP such a high altitude every whim of the (7,359 feet) in the atmosphere — jade, mountains. It is emerald, apple, grass and looking frequently as cupped in the Biddle amphitheatre, absolutely barren of trees, though gallons of rich yellow cream had been poured and overhung on one side by Schaffer and on the other side into it. On its shores is Wapta Bungalow Camp, with its by . McArthur is every conceivable shade community house and detached log cabins, which can of blue—aquamarine, sapphire, cerulean; a glorious gem, accommodate altogether 55 guests. From the camp you can its surface covered with dancing points of silver—a vast see stern Mt. Stephen (named after the first President of the shield of damascened steel. Canadian Pacific), Victoria with her gleaming opalescent scarf of snow and ice, Narao and Cathedral crags. Fishing, boating, riding and hiking are some of the attractions. Lake Oesa Two and a half miles of beautifully wooded trail will take LAKE OESA is less easily reached than McArthur. One fol­ you to Sherbrooke Lake, which lies in a depression between lows the trail around the lake from the Chalet to the foot of Mount Ogden and Paget Peak. In another direction is a trail the Seven Sisters Waterfall and clambers up a steep bit to a to Ross Lake, hidden between Niblock and Narao, which plateau, and more steep bits to higher plateaus. In the bosom continues to Lake Louise. of the highest one of all is Lake Oesa, which is smaller than either O'Hara or McArthur, and neither so green as the one nor so blue as the other. The very spirit of silence broods over Lake O'Hara Oesa. In its serenity it seems to be as remote from the living world as if it were in the moon. LAK E O'HARA lies eight miles south of Wapta, and can be reached by a splendid trail. Gaining the top of a barren plateau on the other side of Lake Wapta, you can look back on the Abbot Pass Bungalow Camp, which lies like a toy village strewn on the V ROM OESA you can cross Abbot Pass and descend to Lake slope of Paget Peak. The trail winds on, now ascending, now Louise. This is not a trip for the unseasoned, the inexperi­ descending, first through a jade temple of a forest, thence into enced, or the foolhardy, for it is on foot over the glaciers; an Alpine flower garden, where the botanist could count but provided you have a sturdy constitution, a Swiss guide, seventy-five varieties of wild flowers in half as many minutes. proper climbing clothes, and about eight hours of fair weather, Delicate as a muted harmony, many of them; others flame you can make this magnificent excursion easily enough. with regal insolence, and the whole meadow is so thickly carpeted that picking your way through it without damaging The Yoho Valley some of the blossoms is utterly impossible. 1 HE YOHO VALLEY can be reached in several ways. Running roughly at right angles to the Kicking Horse Pass, a motor Lake O'Hara "Bungalow Camp road runs in from the main Lake Louise-Emerald Lake road as far as the Bungalow Camp; so that it can be reached by 1 HE SIREN SONG of a cascade calls; you push on, passing motor from either Lake Louise, Wapta, Field or Emerald through a grove of spruces, and the richly colored waters of Lake. Of the two ways in by trail we have already spoken. Lake O'Hara invite your admiration. One's eyes are drawn up and up to the glorious peaks that stand guard about this lovely lake, the joy and despair of artists—Wiwaxy's jagged Yoho Valley Bungalow Camp top sharply defined against the skyline, the towering mass of YOHO VALLEY BUNGALOW CAMP, which has accommodation Huber, the white splendour of Victoria and Lefroy, and the for 44 people, is situated in a meadow within sight and sound of encircling majesty of Yukness, Hungabee, Biddle, Schaffer and Takakkaw Falls. Takakkaw, the stream that comes down Odaray, with the vast towers of Cathedral in the distance. from the Daly Glacier, is 1,200 feet high. It is not a river of Lake O'Hara Bungalow Camp is situated on a slight eleva­ water but a river of foam, which drops with an oddly leisurely tion overlooking the lake, at its very edge, and the log cabins appearance. Yoho is an ideal place for hikers and riders; cluster on the shore, encircled with pine and spruce. Rooms and, like the other Bungalow Camps of the region, consists of a can also be obtained in the Chalet. The Camp consists of a central club house with separate wooden sleeping bungalows. central building and a group of log cabins, which together There are many fine trail rides from the Camp (the motor accommodate 34, the former on the Swiss Chalet style, road ending here) particularly into the upper valley and over decorated in a rustic fashion. There is boating, riding and . You will find them described under Emerald hiking. Lake. 23 together his impedi­ Hunting menta he hits the trail for Banff, for it is in WHILE HUNTING is the vicinity of Banff forbidden within the that the ride begins. national parks in the It is an adventure Canadian Rockies, which few will ever there is magnificent forget, these four days sport to be obtained of the Official Ride. outside the Park limits, and the Canadian Paci­ A few days later a fic hotels and bunga­ ten-day ride is usually low camps are good held, starting from starting points for Banff, and taking in some of the best hunt­ some splendid fishing ing grounds. The bear, waters. the mountain goat, the Rates for the four- Rocky Mountain sheep day ride, including (the "Bighorn"), the horse, food and share moose and the caribou of tent, are #50. Riders are the chief animals are required to furnish hunted. The principal their own sleeping bags hunting districts are or blankets. the Lilloet, Cariboo Rates for the ten- and East Kootenay re­ day ride are #100. gions, while the British Reservations should be Columbia coast and made at least fourteen the country inland days in advance as from it afford al­ THE CHANGE FROM CLEVELAND HEIGHTS follows: until July 1 most* virgin territory. to the Secretary-Trea- The Cassiar country, surer,Mr. J. M.Gibbon, in northern B.C., is one of the finest and most celebrated- Room 324, Windsor Station, Montreal, Que.; there­ sporting regions of this continent. Full information will after to the Western Secretary, Mr.L. S. Crosby, at Banff. Full be gladly furnished upon request by the General Tourist information is obtainable at the hotels and bungalow camps in Agent, Canadian Pacific Railway, Montreal, Quebec. the Rockies. Circle Rides Trail Pi ding i_N ADDITION to this official ride, circle trail rides are R^EFERENC E is MADE at various points in this publication operated during July and August around the Bungalow to saddle pony trips. A trail trip into the depths of the moun­ Camps from Lake Louise on a trip lasting six days. Another tains forms, indeed, the most enjoyable way of visiting beauti­ circle trail ride is operated from Banff to Stoney Creek, ful spots that would not otherwise be easily accessible. Sawback Lake and Mystic Lake. On this trip there is some The mountain pony, mountain-bred, fool-proof, untiring, magnificent scenery and also, usually, good fishing. can be ridden by practically anyone, whether he or she has ever These circle trips leave on any day during these two before been on a horse or not. From all hotels and bungalow months, accompanied by guide, provided there is a minimum camps in the Canadian Rockies, there are good roads and trails of three persons. They are operated under the auspices of the radiating in all directions, which are kept up by the National Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies. Reservations can be Parks Department. Some trail trips are of one day's duration made at the Livery Agencies office in all hotels and bungalow only; others stretch over several days, necessitating carrying camps. Rates for both these rides are #10 per day, inclusive camping outfit. It is customary on all long trips, and even on of pony, food and sleeping accommodation in either tents or some short ones, to engage guides who supply horses, tents, bungalow camps—except for the Emerald Lake day, which food, etc., and do the necessary cooking. The new Circle Trail are #13. Ride starting from Lake Louise, however, simplifies the problem of packhorses, as every night but one is spent in a On to the Pacific bungalow camp. P ROM GOLDEN, the Canadian Pacific ascends the second of the Trail Riders great backbone ranges, the Selkirks, and enters Glacier Na­ tional Park. The Selkirk Range, smaller in size than the 1 HOSE WHO HAVE ridden fifty miles or upwards in the Cana­ Rockies, is geologically much older; with its massive peaks dian Rockies are qualified for membership in the Trail Riders and giant glaciers, it has somewhat of an air of isolation and of the Canadian Rockies, which affords an unusual opportunity mystery. At the present time, there is no hotel or camp for those interested in trail-riding to get together. The aims of accommodation. the Trail Riders' Association are, principally, to encourage Mount Revelstoke Park, close to Glacier, and altogether a travel on horseback through the Canadian Rockies, to foster mountain-top one, provides a wonderful automobile trip. A the maintenance and improvement of old trails and the build­ road has been constructed by the Government to the very ing of new trails, and to encourage the love of out-door life. summit. Membership is of several grades, according to the distance Sicamous, on Shuswap Lake, is a favorite stop-over point ridden—50, 100, 250, 500, 1,000 and 2,500 miles. Each grade for those who wish to view the mountain panorama entirely by has a distinctive button which members of the grade are daylight. A charming hotel is operated here by the Canadian entitled to wear. There are now over 1,300 members. Pacific. At Kamloops, the impressive canyon scenery of the Illustrated bulletins are published by the Association de­ Thompson River begins, followed later by the signed to keep the members in touch with trail development, canyon. forthcoming rides and other activities of interest. A full description of this part of the Rockies, from Golden to Vancouver, is contained in our booklet "Your Journey through Official Ride the Canadian Rockies" (obtainable from agencies or on trans­ continental trains). il/ACHYEAR an Official Ride and Pow-Wow is held. The ride takes place towards the end of July and lasts four days. Photographs in this booklet marked © A. s. N. are copyright by the It is then that the hundred per cent, dyed-in-the-wool or ASSOCIATED SCREEN NEWS, LIMITED, MONTREAL thirty-three degree trail rider comes into his own. Gathering

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Chetham, District Passenger Agent 1102 Government St. Washington, D.C C. E. Phelps, General Agent Passenger Dept 14th and New York Ave., N.W. Windsor, Ont W. C. Elmer, City Passenger Agent ,.34 Sandwich St. West Winnipeg, Man C. B. Andrews, District Passenger Agent '... . Main and Portage EUROPE Antwerp, Belgium E. A. Schmitz 25 Quai Jordaens Belfast, Ireland W. H. Boswell 14 Donegal Place Birmingham, England W. T. Treadaway 4 Victoria Square Bristol, England A. S. Ray 18 St. Augustine's Parade Brussels, Belgium G. L. M. Servais 98 Blvd. AdolphcMax Glasgow, Scotland W. Stewart 25 Bothwell St. , Germany T. H. Gardner Alsterdamm 9 Liverpool, England H. T. Penny. .Pier Head .,,,., /C. E. Jenkins 62-65 Charing Cross, S.W.I London, England |G Saxon Joncs 103 Leadenhall St., E.C. 3 Manchester, England J. W. Maine 31 Mosley Street Paris, France A. V. Clark 24 Blvd. des Capucines Rotterdam, Holland J. S. Springett Coolsingel No. 91 Southampton, England H. 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