What's Photographs in this booklet at Photographs not so marked are marked © A.S.N, are copyright by the Photographic Depart by the Associated Screen News, Doing- ment, Canadian Pacific Railway, Montreal, Canada. Montreal, Canada. Programme of Events for 1932 (Published by the Canadian Pacific Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, Alberta)
July 11-16 . Calgary Stampede July 18-23 Willingdon Cup July 26-28 Indian Days at Banff July 18-Aug. 1 Alpine Club Camp at Glacier, B.C. July. 29-Aug. 2 Official Trail Ride to Mount Assiniboine Aug. 15-20 Prince of Wales Trophy The Banff Highland Gathering will not be held this year.
GOLF AT BANFF Special Family Rates have been introduced this year on Banff Golf Course. The first member of the family is charged the regular rates and each additional member is charged half the regular rates.
TWO AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPS The Willingdon Cup—Presented by the Viceroy of India, and former Governor- General of Canada. Open to Banff Springs Hotel Guest Amateurs—members in good standing of any recognized Golf Club, and playing under club handicaps. Also to mem bers of Banff Golf Club. Winner to receive an engraved miniature of the original cup.
Prince of Wales Trophy—Presented to Banff Golf Club by His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales. Open to all amateur members in good standing of any recognized Golf Club. • "V". tL !-!• .*.,-;j7-?' 'in 'it-: 1 kZ^zll/M^Ai The winner to receive a suitable engraved Banff Springs Hotel in the Valley of the Bow miniature of the trophy.
In addition, minor periodical competitions are held throughout the season. Full particulars from any Canadian Pacific Agent or the ~Jhe (Discovery afjjanjf Manager of Banff Springs Hotel. T WAS probably some wandering Red (By NOMAD panorama of dense green masses of pine man who discovered Banff, some "Lone and spruce sharp scythe - cut by the I Eagle" who found the exigencies of the Beautiful, and so it has been called sparkling Bow and Spray Rivers, the great tribal ritual irksome and turned his eyes ever since; for Nature seems to have massive Rockies framing the picture on and his pony's nose to the mountains, there bestowed every imaginable scenic asset either side; while stretching away to the east to find relief. Probably—but no one knows. upon the region. An exquisitely forested, a chain of snow-capped peaks hems in the And today? Tribal ritual is much the same flower-filled valley is watered by the blue- farther end of the vista. among the whites as among the redmen. green Bow River, which first winds past There on your right lies Mount Rundle Change the counters and the game is the alpine meadows in which moose, elk and" (9,665) with its queer "writing-desk" same. The laws of Wall Street can be as deer, pasture, and then tumbles down in a formation and sharp-toothed ridge of irksome as the Indian's code and probably gorgeous fall just below the spacious pearl-grey rock; to the left rises Cascade SPRINGS you, too, have come to Banff to find relief, verandas of the Canadian Pacific Hotel— Mountain (9,826), with its impressive to forget the nerve-searing routine of city only to flow smoothly on again through the barren contours and its silvery stream that life, the heat and discordant din of the giant ravine that lies between Mount falls like a crystal fringe from near the market place. Probably—but you alone Rundle and Tunnel Mountain. summit down to the spot where the whole A CANADIAN PACIFIC HOTEL know. You have, at any rate, found Banff, The view down the Bow Valley from the cascade (which gives the mountain its and isn't that after all the discovery which wide terraces and long windows in the name) disappears into the ground to run interests you most ? So now to see it. luxurious lounges of the famous Banff subterraneously to join the Bow River. Long ago—some forty years to be exact— Springs Hotel is one of the most superb In front of you, facing westward, towers the an early pioneer named this spot Banff in the world, and offers an unrivalled Fairholme Range, with Mount Peechee WHAT'S DOING AT BANFJ NINETEEN-THIRTY-ONE
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(9,615), named after the Stony Indian who Indian Chiefs are attached to Banff Springs Pass; the Revd. R. T. Rundle, pioneer led Sir George Simpson safely through Hotel as instructors in archery. Most of Methodist missionary to the Indians, who The Gap into the Rocky Mountains in 1841, the Stonys, however, now live on the the same year camped in the Banff Valley, when the Red men were by no means so Indian Reserve at Morley, a forty-mile and whose name is perpetuated by the peaceful as they are today, guarding the ride from Banff. massive range that towers above the Banff southern end, while Mount Inglismaldie Springs Golf Course; Sir James Hector who, (9,715) terminates the Range to the north. Memories Or Indian place-names lie in 1858, made the first ascent of the Kicking Could anything be lovelier than this the Past thick upon the land, Horse Pass and whose achievement is Valley of the Bow? such as Minnewanka commemorated by the monument standing (Water Spirit), Ghost River, Stony Squaw on the summit of the Great Divide, crossed The Stony Here are graven on tree and others, coupled with memories of the by the Canadian Pacific Railway, and all Indian an<^ stone, and in legend first coming of the White Man to the those eminent railway pathfinders and ary lore, the ancient his "Glittering Mountains," such as Pierre de builders who, during the years 1880-1885, torical associations of Cree, Sioux and la Verandrye, who, in 1745, first sighted toiled that east and west might be united Stony Indian—stalwart braves with their the foothills and beyond them the moun with bonds of steel. patient squaws, and little papooses, many tains east of Banff; Sir George Simpson Nature, Romance and History have of whom still camp out among the moun who, in 1841, made the first east-to-west co-operated in creating the setting for your tains, eating the wild game they hunt and overland journey ever undertaken, crossed vacation. Some of the attractive features the fish they catch and dry in the sun, mixed the Bow a little way above where Banff is within this setting will be briefly described with roots and berries. Two typical Stony now situated and discovered Simpson's in the following pages.
Jjanffand3aronial3anffSprings uo otel AVE you ever wondered why you % The EPICURE excellent Turkish bath at the hotel, very never wear a bowler at sea, why popular with those who come in after a baronial Banff Springs Hotel. Granted that H you never don a red coat and game of golf or an hour in the saddle. a hotel at best is but a means and not an ^^^^^^^ black silk hat when you straddle a moun During the evening—twice weekly—inter end, it is unquestionable that this superbly tain pony and never play the amateur esting nature talks on wild life and scenery situated and splendidly appointed hotel cowboy when you are riding to hounds? in the Rockies are given, illustrated with has played no inconsiderable part in making Why? It's just because you would be colored lantern slides. World-famous con of Banff one of the world's most famous violating your sense of the essential fitness cert and light opera artists are also brought mountain resorts. of things, that sense which decrees tweeds for your entertainment. A library of up-to- The entire first and second floors are for shooting in Scotland and red coats for date fiction is available and the spacious given over to the public rooms, artistically the hunting field. luxurious lounges invite one to succumb decorated and furnished, in which the to a contented laziness. And has it ever occurred to you that this architect has provided a Scotch baronial sense governs such living things as hotels atmosphere. Among the features are the An excellent concert orchestra, with as well as such inanimate things as clothes? period suites—the Vice-Regal, Georgian, vocal accompaniment, provides fine music It it hasn't, you realize it at Banff Springs Jacobean, Tudor, Swiss and Italian; the during the tea and dinner hours, and a mod Hotel, for here the architect has shown a period influence also dominates the lounges, ern dance orchestra plays, in the evening. rare appreciation of the setting his hotel including the magnificent Mount Stephen Light operas are staged twice a week during was to adorn, has satisfied his own as well Hall. the months of July and August. as your sense of fitness. At the hotel there is entertainment all Living is an art at Banff, and in the A log chalet at Banff, however ambitious, the time. One could be perfectly happy scheme of things which make up life at this would have been as much in keeping as just looking out towards the enclosing great hostelry the "art of eating" has its paper hats on the august heads of omni mountains, watching the swimmers in the own well defined place. The spruce- scient senators. Banff was too majestic even warm sulphur water pool, swimming oneself, scented mountain air puts an edge on the for log. The setting required something playing tennis or ping-pong, or studying most jaded appetite, which, after all, more dignified, something that breathed the cosmopolitan types which one meets at simplifies the task of the chej de cuisine who Bow Eiver Bridge with Cascade Mountai of tradition and solidarity — it required this great caravanserai. There is an superintends the culinary preparations WHAT'S DOING AT BANFF NINETEEN-THIRTY-ONE behind the scenes and submits his creations in the Fairholme or Alhambra dining-room for your approval. Dancing Do you dance? What an absurd question to ask in nBRBfli these days when everyone from seven to ^••••••••1 seventy years of age delights in good music, ••«••••• a good floor and a good partner! The ball room at the Banff Springs Hotel is superb, and every evening an excellent orchestra is in attendance there, so that you can dance to your heart's content; for so invigorating is the alpine air at this altitude that even after the most strenuous hours spent out among the mountains, you will enjoy a dance on your return in the evening as much as if you had spent an idle day. But why dilate on the beauties of the hotel? You'll soon know it as well as you know your own home. So let's take a look at the village. On the morning of your first day at Banff it is easy to see a great number of
sheep and goat, cougar and lynx, in cap tivity. Near the bridge are the Adminis tration Offices of the Park and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police headquarters. There is also a most interesting fish hatchery near the river on the hotel side of the bridge, which is well worth a visit. The Animal This is an immense Corral fenced-in area where a Saw herd of buffalo, mountain The Third Fairway—Banff Springs Hotel Golf Ceurse sheep, goat, moose, antelope and other kindred of the wild roam at will through the vast forested pasturage. You can drive into this corral quite close up to the buffalo, which, by the way, are really uairway Court and Pool bison, and enjoy studying them in their AN cannot live by bread alone. ~jf •"-•*** Jr JZL±JD XJr\J.\ bicarbonate and magnesium sulphate, and natural surroundings. A new route may be followed on your way back to the hotel M that will afford beautiful views of the Healthful exercise is also a requis- their therapeutic value is very high. The The rates ch at Sawback Range with the lovely chain of ite and it is for this reason that arged Banff Springs Golf springs, which are also radio-active, have Course are as Vermilion Lakes in the foreground, and the Canadian Pacific has furnished Banff follows: been developed by the erection at two of with unexcelled facilities for golf, tennis and p day or per round $ 3.00 them °f bath h°USeS and swImminS Pools' the Massive Range rising up to 9,950 feet swimming, in addition to the other recrea- Peer week 15.00 C • • x? n ! • • Fairholme Dining Boom into the sky. , $mmm -. ,. I yZ ,. tn\y Swimming Excellent swunmmg in tions such as trail riding, climbing and Per month 50.00 warm sulphur watef 5 fishin Per season 7500 interesting things and places, and so gain * afforded at Banff Springs Hotel, which has a very good idea of the natural resources and T i-i i • i ,i its own large and beautiful open-air pool. _ „ lennis for tennis players there are , ° . . m5* marvels of the locality. Take a morning TT Golf An eighteen-hole golf course, several admirable courts> and Here, where the temperatures of he summer motor drive (either in a private car, or one a a superbly located on the banks of the exquisite summer climate of Banff ^ nd the water are delightfully blended, of the many comfortable touring busses) the Bow River, and guarded by huge being very conducive to both golf and ™3"^, ^^^^ T^lTin^ through the little mountain town. As you bastions of rock, turreted and pinnacled tennis a large number of people may always ,°r ,S.P°r _. ° exper swimmers, e s oping drive along the main street you will find ri i.\. c j--c J J-T c u • L u i_ • • ii A v • • depth or the bath gives commence to churches, shops, cinemas and modern dance like the tortifaed castle ot old, is open to ail be seen enjoying the games. Adjoining . . mgi , „ . _ .. „ • -, , T> rr , r r xi * i n ± l 1 • , beginners at the shallow end; while the halls interspersed with groups of cowboys visitors to rJanit on payment 01 green tees, the tennis courts are an excellent badminton ,, ~ , . IT , , ,-, _. ,,,%.,. L 1 J IT-.- , cold, rresh-water pool adjacent to the warm in woolly chaparejos and gay-colored "neck- The course was constructed bJy the Canadian court and croquet grounds. Equipment , , ., .... r ., 11, -i^,! bath provides an invigorating plunge. erchiefs,"sloe-eyed Indians in buckskin coats tor Pacific, under the supervision of the famous these games can be obtained irom the and moccasins, packers, trappers, guides golf architect, Stanley Thompson, and now Sports Director attached to the hotel. You should also visit the natural Cave and other truly mountain men, for here offers one of the finest, most perfectly and Basin, where marvellous hot sulphur western conditions and eastern civilization balanced and most scenically beautiful The Hot Had Banff not become famous springs flow out of the mountain-side and, meet at the edge of the Rockies, and the courses in the world. Starting from within Springs [or its b^ty, it must have boiling up through the ground, are caught combination is extraordinarily attractive. 300 feet of the Banff Springs Hotel, it has . become famous for its hot in a fine $150,000 swimming pool and 1 I.-L c c cAn J J en. springs, which are amongst the most series of private baths built by the Govern- The Museum Situated in the middle a length ot 6,640 vards and a par of 71. . , f ,, . ,. , rp, v. _ . c , ,. . _ A , _ , m P . , •, 1, , r ir • important ot this continent. Ihe hve chier ment; there is alwavs a crowd of people and "Z.OO °f the town is an excel Une teature, to suit all types or goiters, is • 1 J. J. 1 a c i. MT 1 ,1 "• • 1 1 • i • lent Dominion Govern , & ' springs have a total flow of about a million here enjoying the swimming, and drinking ment Museum of flora, fauna, geological the use of three tees for each hole, providing gallons a day> and issue from || ground ^ beneficial waters. A short distance and Indian relics; also a capital Zoo where three courses—long, medium and short. the year round at a temperature ranging farther on is the Sundance Canyon, a you can see many wild animals of the The fairways are doubly wide, with two from 78 to 112 degrees Fahrenheit. Winter narrow rift in the towering cliffs where Rockies, such as grizzly bear, mountain Mount Stephen Hall routes to each hole. Golf clubs can be makes no difference to the temperature of many rock-plants bloom in the crannies, obtained at the Club House at a nominal the water. The chief constituents are watered by the melting snows that trickle rate. calcium sulphate, or gypsum, calcium down from the ice-fields above. WHAT'S DOING AT BANFF
Upper Hot Springs There is also a and Observatory swimming pool at the upper Hot Sulphur Springs on Sulphur Mountain, \yi miles by trail or three miles by road, situated at an elevation about 800 feet higher than the hotel. This is on the way to the Observatory on the top of Sulphur Moun tain, which can be reached only by trail (five miles from the hotel, requiring four to six hours for the return trip). An automobile can be taken part of this distance.
Recreation This section of the park, Grounds V the Bow River, is not far from the bridge and can be reached by a delightful road by the river, or from the Cave and Basin motor road. There is a building for rec reation purposes, also spaces for baseball, tennis, football and cricket. The clubhouse of the Banff Gun Club is not far distant, and here trap shooting competitions are held. The Tennis Courts
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Boating and A few minutes from the Launch Trips bridge is the Bow River ( r Boathouse. From here -/flotoring alhiie ukigk motor launches set out several times a day NE of the first questions asked by a Creek. A weird, elusive beauty made the on a twelve-mile trip in which the surround
Marble Canyon Moraine Lake Bungalow Camp
final foaming cascade, is most attracti\e Bungalow Camp is another delightful one, and a very enjoyable picnic may be made and tourists are advised to stay over a night up the Canyon or lunch partaken of at the there when on a motor trip. Emerald rustic Tea House located near the highway. Lake, with its delightful chalet and restful Past Johnston Canyon the road con club house, lies at the end of another branch tinues, past the imposing battlemented and road, the culmination of spectacular scenery. Tower of Babel—Moraine Lake serrated cliffs of Castle Mountain on the Radium Hot Springs Emerald Lake north, and the snow-capped dome of Mount The Kicking From Emerald Lake an Johnston Canyon © A.S.N Temple on the south, to Lake Louise, a spot Horse Trail extension opened in 1927 so beautiful that no one who visits the —"Kicking Horse Canadian Rockies can afford to miss seeing Trail"—leads to Golden, on the mighty it. A jade-green lake that is stained rose- Columbia River. This is a most spec pink at dawn by the rising sun, and again tacular ride. at eventide garners up tints of topaz and At Golden, the Columbia River road, coral from the declining sun, as huge running south to Lake Windermere and avalanches come crashing down off the Cranbrook, joins this road, and makes a snowy heights of Mount Victoria onto the magnificent circle trip which is mentioned moraine below—a lake that glistens in the elsewhere under the name of "The Lariat noonday, and gleams with opalescent Trail." radiance beneath the star-sown purple of the The "Motor One of the finest of the sky—there it lies like an alabaster cup Detour" organized automobile of absinthe held high in the stone hands of excursions is the "Motor the gigantic peaks, which rise up around it. Detour." This is from Banff to Golden, At Lake Louise is the well-known Chateau and gives a rapid survey of the "highlights" Lake Louise, another Canadian Pacific of the nearer mountain region. After a hotel. sight-seeing trip around Banff, a 42-mile To Moraine FromLakeLouise,another run is made to Lake Louise, and the night spent at the Chateau Lake Louise. The Lake nine miles of excellent journey then continues to the Great road brings you to Divide, Wapta Lake, the Kicking Horse Moraine Lake, where the Ten Peaks (all Pass, Yoho Valley, Emerald Lake, the over 10,000 feet high) stand in a giant Kicking Horse Canyon and Golden. Similar semi-circle about the sapphire lake. schedules are established in the reverse Here an artistic Bungalow Camp offers direction. Two or three days, or even you a meal of real "home-cooked" food, longer, may be spent on this Detour, stop- and a pleasant stay, should you decide to off privileges being accorded. spend a few days beneath its friendly roof, scrambling about in search of lovely view It can, however, be made in 24 hours, points and fragrant wild flowers or fishing being so timed as to waste no time, but to for cut-throat trout in nearby Consolation pick through-passengers up soon after their Lake. arrival at either Banff (going westward) or Golden (going eastward), and to set them Yoho Valley and The Lake Louise down at the other end of the trip in time to road lias now Emerald Lake take their train. Special arrangements are been continued made for handling baggage, and sleeping-car as far as Field, Emerald Lake and Golden. reservations. The length of the Detour, Leading west on a high line to the Great including a sight-seeing ride round Banff, Divide, and crossing the railway to near is 142 miles. Wapta Lake, it follows the Kicking Horse All these trips described as suitable for River down to Field. At Wapta Lake is a motors may be made on horseback, or most attractive Bungalow Camp. walking, according to the taste of the A branch road leads to the Yoho Valley, tourist. a region of exceptional beauty, where the great Takakkaw Falls, 1,200 feet high, The Banff- Here is a trip bursts out from under the glacier lying Windermere Road worthy of between Mount Balfour and Mount Niles, your best and pours foaming down into the green lap attention 1 The Banff-Windermere Road ear Sinclair Canyon—Banff -Windermere Boac of the virgin forest. The Yoho Valley is the same as the Banff-Lake Louise road The Iron Gate: WHAT'S DOIK NINETEEN-THIRTY-ONE
Castle Mountain Camp
as far as Castle Mountain, where it crosses of the Selkirks, notably the Lake of the the Bow River by a bridge and ascends to Hanging Glaciers. Bathing, riding, boating, the summit of the Vermilion Pass (5,264). fishing and motoring can be enjoyed on the From the veranda of Castle Mountain shores of Lake Windermere, and good Bungalow Camp (26 miles from Banff) an rout fishing can be found in nearby creeks awe-inspiring view is obtained of the valley and some of the smaller lakes. lying five hundred feet below, jewelled with The Columbia River Highway runs from lakes that, chameleon-like, reflect the Golden to Lake Windermere, thus forming changing colors of the sky, where the district is richly provided with natural in connection with the Banff-Windermere pinnacled mountains of the Great Divide sulphur springs, and near Radium Hot Road and the Banff-Golden Road, a com point their slender snow-white fingers up Springs Bungalow Camp (91 miles from to heaven. Here you enter the Kootenay plete circuit of three National Parks, Banff) there is a swimming pool built by National Park, and pass close to Marble Banff, Yoho and Kootenay. the Government. Just beyond is the great Canyon, a terrific chasm 300 feet deep, over The Lariat A very fine excursion, whose terraces of blue and pinkish marble sword-cut of Sinclair Canyon. And then Trail called "the Lariat Trail," the waters of Tokumn Creek leap in cascades one circles by easy stages down to Winder down the canyon. One of the favourite mere, cradled in the Columbia Valley. occupying three days, is organized to leave Banff twice a week in motor trips from Banff is to Castle Moun This motor run. to Windermere forms tain Bungalow Camp for dinner, returning part of the Circle Road of 600 miles that the summer months to embrace these in the cool of the evening. crosses the summit of the Rockies, and three parks. Leaving Banff, it proceeds to Castle Mountain, turns south along the A little farther on are the Paint Pots, links up in a huge circle Calgary, Banff, round wells of color once prized by the Windermere, Cranbrook and Macleod; Banff-Windermere Road as far as Radium local Indians. Soon Vermilion River is this Circle Road being in turn linked up at Hot Springs (where the first night is crossed. This is a xegion of wild flowers and the International Boundary with the spent), thence turns north to Golden and game, and you will frequently catch a Columbia Highway out of Portland, Oregon, east along the Kicking Horse Canyon to glimpse of a deer, a mountain goat, or even and the Grand National Circle Tour of the Emerald Lake (second night). The third a moose, while the little black bears will Yosemite, Grand Canyon and Yellowstone day it runs to Yoho Valley, Wapta Lake, actually venture out on the road to stare in Parks. the Great Divide, Lake Louise and Banff. wonder at your car, and greedily eat any Lake Lake Windermere is a You have, therefore, a wide variety of sweetmeats you may throw to them. Windermere centre for excursions trips and tours from which to choose. Then Sinclair Pass is entered—a narrow up Toby Creek and Fuller information is available at the livery gorge through crowding mountains. This Horse Thief Creek to the great ice fields offices and information desks in the hotels. Mountain Sheep with Banff Springs Hotel in the Background U is king and ^/fild Jjje HEN the Federal Government *% WALTONIAN beautiful lakes within the Park, the principal Win their wisdom threw a ten-com are Louise, Minnewanka, Moraine, Hector, mandment fence around the 3,834.5 inter-provincial boundary between Alberta Spray, Kananaskis and Bow Lakes. The square miles which comprise Banff National and British Columbia, and on the east by, Canadian Pacific runs through the middle Park they permitted fishing within its con approximately, the first big ranges of the of the Park, entering at the Gap and follow fines, but forbade hunting—except with the Rockies. No part of the Rockies exhibits a ing the Bow River. camera. Strange though it may seem, they greater variety of sublime and romantic Fishing Five varieties of game fish have satisfied both the Waltonian and the scenery, and nowhere are good points of their habitat in the waters of Nimrod. As intelligent sportsmen they view and features of special interest so Banff National Park—the cut-throat, lake, realized that, with the fishing resources so accessible, with so many good roads and Dolly Varden, bull and brook trout. Close great, excessive depletion was unlikely; bridle paths. they also realized that, as the game mul by in the Bow River are plenty of Dolly tiplied within the sanctuary of the park, Its principal mountain ranges are the Varden trout which the expert may catch the overflow would ensure, for all time, Vermilion, Kananaskis, Bourgeau, Bow and with the fly; the pools below the Falls, the sporting possibilities which might soon have Sawback ranges; its principal river is the reaches above the Banff Bridge, and the vanished. Bow, which has for chief tributaries the waters at the junction of the Bow and Kananaskis, Spray, Cascade and Pipestone Kananaskis Rivers being equally good spots Banff National Banff National rivers. -The Panther and Red Deer rivers in which to cast; while in the Vermilion Park Park, of which flow through the north-eastern portion of Lakes are many small fish sufficiently gamy Banff is the head- the Park, which includes part of the Bow in play to give you fair sport. Farther away i Yoho Valley Bungalow Camp quarters, is bounded m the west by the River Forest Reserves. Of the many in Forty Mile Creek, Mystic Lake and the WHAT'S DOING AT BANFF NINETEEN-THIRTY-ONE ^artany/far 'Paint and zjen Qallon uiats (By The ONLOOKER
3SPPBIKR? F DIVERSITY is the soul of a vacation, you'll find it in the Valley of the Bow. I Where else, for example, on the whole American continent can you find a spot where the tartans of the Scottish clans vie with the brilliance of Indian warpaint—a spot where Glengarries and Feathered Headdresses are as much at home as Ten Gallon Hats? Yet this is so around Banff, where three of the Sawback Lakes, there is fishing for cut such as dryas, moss campion, saxifrage, major events of the year are the Stampede throat trout during the summer months. harebell, stonecrop and fleabane. at Calgary, Indian Days at Banff and the All these places may be reached by pony A Young Competitor Annual Banff Highland Gathering and trail. As you thread your way through the woods and over the open spaces in the forest, Scottish Music Festival. You can fish the Spray River to advan wandering from 4,500 up to 5,500 feet To take the last first: Each year towards tage, beginning 10 miles south of Banff, and altitude, you will come across the big-headed the end of August the Highland Gathering continuing on for another 18 miles to the Consolation Lake betony, wintergreens of several kinds, louse- is held at baronial Banff Springs Hotel. Spray Lakes, in which both cut-throat and worts, gorgeous orange lilies, magenta For a few brief days the skirl of the bagpipes Dolly Varden trout of good size are caught or other of the local guides, or outfitters in willow-herbs, scarlet Indian paint brushes, re-echoes through the mountain fastnesses, in July and August. It is advisable for the town. yellow arnicas and hawkweeds; and where the tartans of the Scottish clans glint on the fishermen to apply to the hotel information you follow along the edge of some ice-born spacious terraces, while the stirring games desk or consult the Fishing Inspector at the Alpine Wild The Alpine wild flowers brook, new treasures await you on every and dances brought by their ancestors from Government Offices in Banff regarding the Flowers °f the Canadian Rockies hand, among them the fly-spotted orchis, the Old Country challenge the prowess and best means of reaching the more distant are beautiful beyond all purple butterworts, Grass-of-Parnassus, blue skill of Scots from every part of the con fishing grounds, also as to information about description, and vary according to locality lobelias and lavender mints. tinent. For this Highland Gathering is a other trouting streams and lakes. The and altitude, so that one may each day Sports at the Gat great Scotch festival of music and sports. season for trout fishing is from July 1st to discover new and lovely blossoms and find Very rare are the exquisite white moccasin September 30th. There is no license a fresh delight on every mountain slope, in flowers, their velvet sacs, flecked with red, A special little booklet is issued about the required for fishing in the Parks, but the the sun-filled valleys and beside the streams. gleaming among the greenery in shady Highland Gathering and is obtainable from legal limit must be observed. Fishing tackle To appreciate the charm and wonderful places, the large, white-spotted blue Gentian, Canadian Pacific agencies. and flies can be obtained at several of the variety of these Alpine flowers one has to and the deep lilac Macoun's Gentian being stores in town. go on foot, preferably with a flower guide almost equally uncommon, consequently to find a clump of any one of these three Indian Week Indian Week at Banff book in hand, such as can be obtained at is one of the most the Curio Stand of the hotel. beautiful flowers marks a red-letter day in Hunting Within the area of Banff your summer calendar. colorful spectacles on the North American National Park one may hunt On the loop at Banff, which is a veritable continent. Between three and four hundred only with field-glasses and a camera, all flower-garden during the months of June, The principal trees at Banff are lodge-pole Stony Indians come from the Morley game and bird-life being strictly preserved; July and August, there follow in quick suc pine, Engelmann's spruce and aspen poplar, reserve, forty miles east of Banff, for their but once you are outside the Park limits, cession the big purple anemones, clematis, the leaves of the latter turning a wonderful tribal sports. Sometimes they are joined by grizzly, cinnamon and black bear, mountain blue and yellow columbines, showy gail- clear yellow as autumn advances. Indian Days at Banff other tribes and the pageant is on a scale sheep and goat, moose, caribou, cougar, wolf lardias, cream and mauve vetches, ever greater than ever. Each morning they have and lynx may be hunted under the restric lastings, red, blue and white wind flowers, Photography Every turn of the road a parade in which the majority of the tions of the Provincial Game Laws. In goldenrod, bright blue flax and the fragrant brings a picture in this Indians take part; the tribe is all mounted, certain territory wapiti (or elk) are also little androsaces; while on the slopes of fairyland of mountains. Films can be while many splendid horses are used, included among the big game possibilities. Sulphur Mountain and in similar regions developed and prints supplied by the resplendent in gorgeous trappings and head Banff is one of the best outfitting points in grow purple phacelia, asters and violets; photographic studio attached to the hotel 1pieces . The costumes of both men and the Canadian Rockies, and the tourist who many tiny species of low-growing plants or at the excellent photographic stores in women are creations of white buckskin, wishes to go out hunting should consult one flourishing near the summits of the hills, town. beadwork and ermine, their color schemes being exceedingly wonderful, and they ride with dignity and poise.
The Calgary Alberta, always a Stampede country of considerable Primitive Transportation Tom-tom Beaters stock-raising interests, is still one of the principal ranching sections of the West; and in the "Stampede" held at Calgary the glories of the Old West are revived annually in a week's carnival of frontier sports and contests. The Calgary Stampede has now become a famous frontier-day celebration, and contestants come from all parts of the continent. Cow boys, Indians, Mounted Policemen, Old Timers, are all to be seen in this Western epic. It is held during the second week of July, and visitors to Banff should stop off at Calgary and participate. I Lake Louise Back at the Hotel NINETEEN-THIRTY-ONE WHAT'S DOING AT ] The Trail Riders Those who have of The Rockies ridden fifty miles or upwards in the Canadian Rockies are qualified for membership in the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, which affords an unusual opportunity for those interested in trail- riding to get together. The aims of the Trail Riders' Association are, principally, to encourage travel on horseback through the Canadian Rockies, to foster the main tenance and improvement of old trails and the building of new trails, and to encourage Fording the Cascade Kiver the love of outdoor life. Membership is of several grades, accord ing to the distance ridden—50, 100, 250, 500, 1,000 and 2,500 i iles. There are now over 1,300 members. Official Each year official Trail Rides rides are held, the first being rounded out with the annual Pow-wow. The official ride this year starts from Bankhead on July 30 with first camp at Stoney Creek, second camp at Block Mountain, third camp at the head waters of Baker Creek,- and the Pow-wow near the junction of Baker Creek with the Bow River. Shortly after this four Shadow Lake and Mt. Ball >g£P^£^fc3nSP"! day ride, Pat Brewster is organizing a ten day camping and fishing ride. Trail Eiders at Lake of the Hanging Glaciers Rates for the four-day 1 ride, including horse, food and share of tent, is $50.00. Riders are required to bring their own sleeping bags, or at least three blankets. J railing the Clouds onuiorsebaclc Reservations should be made as early as possible in advance, as follows—Until July OU'VE never been on horseback? Well, % The QUIDE log house with sleeping quarters and cook- 1st to the Secretary-Treasurer, Mr. J. M. that's true of everybody at some stove, where the night can be spent. An Gibbon, Room 324, Windsor Station, on some short ones, to engage guides who Ytime of their life—and it's never too extension can be made to Sawback Lake. Montreal, Que.; thereafter to the Western supply horses, tents, food, etc., and do the late to learn. Like everything else there's Organized rides to Stony Creek, Sawback Secretary, Mr. L. S. Crosby, at Banff. necessary cooking. a period of novitiate. Once that period is and Mystic Lakes will leave Banff by special Mountain The Canadian Rockies pre- passed, the going is easy. So get in touch Mount Mount Assiniboine — arrangement. :~.L:~«. sent to the mountain- long, long trail awinding— with the livery agent of the Brewster Assiniboine aP4ly termed the "Mat- a imomg ... Six Day Under the auspices of climber one ot the most Transport Company at the hotel right away terhorn of the Canadian or you will miss a lot at Banff. For numer Circle Ride the Trail Riders' Asso extensive and interesting fields of any easily Rockies"—rises in impressive grandeur to ciation, a six day circle ous as are the motor drives about Banff, a height of 11,860 feet in the centre of accessible ranges of the world. Noted beautiful as are the spots reached by car, ride is operated round the Bungalow climbers make their way thither from a one of the most magnificent mountain Camps in Yoho National Park during July there are many places which can only be regions in the world. At the foot of this parts of the world. But if you are a novice, and August. The ride may be started any approached by trail, astride or afoot, that peak, and near the shore of Lake Magog, is don't be daunted; there are easy climbs day, accompanied by a guide, provided rank amongst the most attractive play situated a comfortable and well-equipped aplenty from which to graduate. there is a minimum of three persons. The grounds in the Canadian Rockies. log cabin camp operated by Mrs. W. A. For real alpine climbing the services of a itinerary follows: Brewster, well-known for her Dude Ranch skilled mountain guide, preferably one of The Mountain The mountain pony, at Kananaskis. First Day—Motor or ride to Wapta Camp. the Swiss guides attached to the Canadian mountain-bred, fool After Lunch, ride to Lake O'Hara Camp, Pacific Hotels, are indispensable, and such Pony Mount Assiniboine Camp is reached from proof, untiring, can may be obtained by application at the Banff by a two days'horse-back ride over the Second Day—Side trip to Lake McArthur. be ridden by practically anyone, whether he Hotel Office .*|There are a number of fine spectacular new trail by way of Brewster spending the night in a new cabin and or she has ever before been on a horse or ascents injthe vicinity of Banff,, some of Creek, or by a longer trip via the Spray tent-camp on McArthur Creek. Chaps Preferred not. From Banff Springs Hotel there are which are visible from the verandas of the Lakes. The return journey can be made Third Day—Ride from McArthur Creek good roads and trails radiating in all Hotel, such as Mount Peechee, Inglis- by travelling the beautiful summit country down the Ottertail Trail to Emerald Lake. directions, which are kept up by the maldie, Edith, Rundle, Three Sisters, in the vicinity of Mount Assiniboine, National Parks Department. Fourth Day—From Emerald Lake ride Pilot, Brett, Cascade, Aylmer and Assini through the heather and flowers of Simpson over Yoho Pass to Yoho Valley Camp. boine. Some of these climbs are well There are short jaunts out from Banff Pass and then down Healey Creek. A half Fifth Day—Side trip to Twin Falls, spend within the reach of any person of good which may be taken in a single afternoon, or way cabin has been established as an over ing the night at Yoho Valley Camp. physique, while a few, such as Mount in one day—to The Loop, Mount Edith night stop for the convenience of those Sixth Day—Ride over Burgess Pass to Aylmer, Mount Edith and Mount Assini Pass, up to the summit of Stony Squaw, or making the trip via Brewster Creek. boine are much more difficult peaks. Sulphur Mountain, the top of Tunnel Field, and motor or ride back to Emerald Mountain, over to the Animal Corral, along Mystic North from Banff, there is a Lake. The Alpine Club The Alpine Club, to the Cave and Basin and on to the Lake very fine trail ride to Mystic The rates for these Circle Trips are of Canada of C*™t' ™th Sundance Canyon, or to the Upper Hot Lake, along the side of Mount $10.00 per day, inclusive of pony, food and considerably over Springs. Others stretch over several days, Norquay and down to Forty-Mile Creek. sleeping accommodation in either tents or 600 members, and headquarters established necessitating carrying camping outfit. It It cannot be made in one day, but near bungalow camps (except for the Emerald in a singularly handsome Club House at Walter Nixon Leads the Way is customary on all long trips, and even Mystic Lake there is a specially-constructed Lake day, which is $13.00). Banff, holds a Camp each year in the Sing-song at the Pow-wow WHAT'S DOING AT BANFF
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CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES Atlanta, Ga..- K. A. Cook, General Agent Passenger Dept 1017 Healey Bldg. Banff, Alta J. A. McDonald, District Passenger Agent Canadian Pacific Station Boston, Mass L. R. Hart, General Agent Passenger Dept 405 Boylston St. Buffalo, N.Y W. P. Wass, General Agent Passenger Dept 160 Pearl St. Calgary, Alta G. D. Brophy, District Passenger Agent Canadian Pacific Station Chicago, 111 T. J. Wall, General Agent Rail Traffic 71;iEast Jackson Blvd. CincinnatiJtOhio M. E. Malone, General Agent Passenger Dept 201 Dixie Terminal Bldg. Cleveland, Ohio G. H. Griffin, General Agent Passenger Dept 1010 Chester Ave. :WiDallas, Texas A. Y. Chancellor, Travelling Passenger Agent 906 Kirby Bldg. Detroit, Mich G. G. McKay, General Agent Passenger Dept 1231 Washington Blvd-. Edmonton, Alta C. S. Fyfe, City Ticket Agent Canadian Pacific Bldg. Fort William, Ont H. J. Skynner, City Passenger Agent 108 South May St. Guelph, Ont W. C. Tully, City Passenger Agent 30 Wyndham St. Ice Field—Lake of the Hanging Glaciers Halifax, N.S A. C. MacDonald, City Passenger Agent 413 Barrington St. Hamilton, Ont A. Craig, City Passenger Agent Cor. King and James Sts. Honolulu, T.H Theo. H. Davies & Co. Juneau, Alaska W. L. Coates, Agent Canadian Rockies, and welcomes all who Kansas City, Mo R. G. Norris, City Passenger Agent 723 Walnut St. Ketchikan, Alaska E. Anderson, Agent have the ambition to climb or are interested Kingston, Ont J. H. Welch, City Passenger Agent 180 Wellington St. in any way in the mountains. The 1931 London, Ont H. J. McCallum, City Passenger Agent 417 Richmond St. camp of the Club will be held at the head Milwaukee, Wis F. T. Sansom, City Passenger Agent. 108 East Wisconsin Ave. of Prospectors Valley from July 20 to Minneapolis, Minn H. M. Tait, General Agent Passenger Dept 611 2nd Ave. South August 3. M t i rt f P. E. Gingras, District Passenger Agent Dominion Square Bldg. Montreal, Uue \ F. C. Lydon, General Agent Passenger Dept 201 St. James St. Moose Jaw, Sask T. J. Colton, Ticket Agent Canadian Pacific Station What to For real comfort when either Nelson, B.C J. S. Carter, District Passenger Agent Baker and Ward Sts. New York, N.Y F. R. Perry, General Agent Rail Traffic Madison Ave. at 44th St. Wear riding, or walking on the North Bay, Ont C. H. White, District Passenger Agent 87 Main Street West trail, the clothing of men Ottawa, Ont J. A. McGill, General Agent Passenger Dept 83 Sparks St. Peterboro, Ont J. Skinner, City Passenger Agent George St. and women is practically the same, the Pittsburgh, Pa W. A. Shackelford, General Agent Passenger Dept 338 Sixth Ave. weight of garments worn being regulated by the season and the altitude to be ascended. Prince Rupert, B.C W. C. Orchard, General Agent Quebec, Que . .C. A. Langevin, General Agent Passenger Dept .Palais Station On general principles the following is a Regina, Sask J. W. Dawson, District Passenger Agent Canadian Pacific Station Saint John, N.B C. B. Andrews, District Passenger Agent 40 King St. common-sense outfit for expeditions: St. Louis, Mo.. . Geo. P. Carbrey, General Agent Passenger Dept 412 Locust St. breeches and coat of closely woven tweed, St. Paul, Minn W. H. Lennon, General Agent Passenger Dept., Soo Line. .Fourth and Cedar Sts. a flannel shirt and silk neck-handkerchief, Saskatoon, Sask .R. T. Wilson, City Ticket Agent 115 Second Ave. thin merino undergarments, straw or felt Sault Ste. Marie, Ont J. O. Johnston, City Passenger Agent 529 Queen St. Seattle, Wash E. L. Sheehan, General Agent Passenger Dept 1320 Fourth Ave. hat with a brim, woollen stockings (a pair Sherbrooke, Que J. A. Metivier, City Passenger Agent 91 Wellington St. North Skagway, Alaska L. H. Johnston, Agent of cashmere socks worn under them on Spokane, Wash E. L. Cardie, Traffic Manager, S.I. Ry Old Nat. Bank Bldg. " Tacoma, Wash D. C. O'Keefe, City Passenger Agent 1113 Pacific Ave. long tramps), stout boots with lightly 1 W. Fulton, Assistant General Passenger Agent Canadian Pacific Bldg. nailed soles, and a thin slicker. Toronto, Ont J S. E. Corbin, General Agent Passenger Dept Canadian Pacific Bldg. ( G. B. Burpee, District Passenger Agent Union Station, Room 367 When on riding or walking expeditions of Vancouver, B.C F. H. Daly, District Passenger Agent 434 Hastings St. West 1 Victoria, B.C L. D. Chetham, District Passenger Agent 1102 Government St. more than one day's duration, it will, of Washington, D.C C. E. Phelps, General Agent Passenger Dept 14th and New York Ave., N.W. course, be necessary to add certain things Windsor, Ont W. C. Elmer, City Passenger Agent 142 Ouellette Ave. Winnipeg, Man E. A. McGuinness, General Agent Passenger Dept.. . Main and Portage to this list, such as a change of under-* garments, sleeping-suit, an extra thick EUROPE coat (preferably of blanket), canvas shoes Antwerp, Belgium E. A. Schmitz 25 Quai Jordaens and toilet articles reduced to a minimum. Belfast, Ireland W. H. Boswell 14 Donegal Place Birmingham, England . . W. T. Treadaway 4 Victoria Square If possible always carry a pair of field- Bristol, England A. S. Ray 18 St. Augustine's Parade Brussels, Belgium G. L. M. Servais 98 Blvd. Adolphe-Max glasses and a small camera; they will add Glasgow, Scotland W. Stewart . .25 Bothwell St. enormously to your pleasure. Women Hamburg, Germany T. H. Gardner Alsterdamm 9 Liverpool, England H. T. Penny Pier Head making their first long tramp will be well T , „ , , r C. E. Jenkins 62-65 Charing Cross, S.W. 1 London, England G Saxon jones 103 Leadenhall St., E.C. 3 advised to strap up their heels with adhesive Manchester, England J. W. Maine 31 Mosley St. tape; to do so may save them from blisters. Paris, France A. V. Clark 24 Blvd. des Capucines Take a Swiss Guide With the A.C.C. near Lake O'Hara Rotterdam, Holland J. S. Springett Coolsingel No. 91 Southampton, England H. Taylor 7 Canute Road
ASIA Hong Kong, China A. M. Parker, General Agent Passenger Dept Opposite Blake Pier Kobe, Japan B. G. Ryan, Passenger Agent 7 Harima Machi Manila, Philippine Islands J. R. Shaw, General Agent 14-16 Calle David, Roxas Bldg. Shanghai, China G. E. Costello, General Agent Passenger Dept No. 4 The Bund Yokohama, Japan E. Hospes, General Agent Passenger Dept 21 Yamashita-cho Pictures on Headquartersof this page sug the Alpine Club AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, ETC. gest a few of the ofCanada,Banff J. Sclater, Traffic Manager, Can. Pac. Ry., for Australia and New Zealand, Union House, Sydney, N.S.W. thrills and joys is the recognized A. W. Essex, Passenger Manager, Can. Pac. Ry., for New Zealand, Auckland, N.Z. climbing centre Adelaide, S.A Macdonald, Hamilton & Co. 1 H. F. Boyer, Pass'r Rep., Can. Pac. Ry. which await Auckland, N.Z. . . .Union S.S. Co. of New Zealand (Ltd.) Melbourne, Vic. . j 59 William St. you. of the Canadian Brisbane, Qd...... Macdonald, Hamilton & Co. ( Union S.S. Co. of New Zealand (Ltd.) Rockies. Christchurch. N.Z. .Union S.S. Co. of New Zealand (Ltd.) Perth, W.A Macdonald, Hamilton & Co. 1 Dunedin, N.Z Union S.S. Co. of New Zealand (Ltd.) Suva, Fiji Union S.S. Co. of New Zealand (Ltd.) • M Fremantle, W.A. . .Macdonald, Hamilton & Co. Sydney, N.S.W. . . .Union S.S. Co. of New Zealand (Ltd.) Hobart, Tas...... Union S.S. Co. of New Zealand (Ltd.) f J. T. Campbell, Trav. Pass'r Agent, ) Launceston, Tas.. .Union S.S. Co. of New Zealand (Ltd.) Wellington. N.Z.. { Can. Pac. Ry., 11 Johnston St. 1 Union S.S. Co. of New Zealand (Ltd.) Always Carry Canadian Pacific Travellers' Cheques—Good the World Over
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