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1 を冖 The Canadian Rockies A History in Photographs depicts the human history of the Canadian Rockies S1nce the construction Ofthe Canadian pacif1C Railway, and the founding of Banff, Canada's first national park. The maJ0r events and the most significant personalities in this vibrant history are portrayed with 140 archival photographs, accompanied by an informatlve and easy tO read text. This book is an ideal choice for anyone lookmg for an historical souvenir Of the Canadian Rockies. Third, revised edition Altitude The publisher that made the Canadian Rockies famous. GRAEME POLE ISBN 1 -55153-900-4 $ 10.95 9 7 81 5 51

112 THE CANADIAN ROCKIES: A HISTORY PHOTOGRAPHS Graeme Pole n10 untarneer Graeme Pole first came to the Rockies in 1982 , he was captivated by the exploits of climbers at the turn Of the century. Research intO the hiStO ry Of n10 untameering added an interesting dimenslon tO (; ・ raeme S 0 、 mountam travels, and served as a catalyst for studying other elements of the history Of the mountaln national parks. Graeme lives in Field, BC, 、 Mith his 、 Marnie. iS a photographer, licensed independent interp retive guide, nordic Ski instructor, and part-time employee of the British Columbia Ambulance Service. He is also the author of Ca イ〃 ル and Ⅳ 4 〃イッ 〃ぉど Ca 〃 4 房〃 0 in the Altitude S 砿 G series. 3.

0 0 0 6 4 Top: WiIIiam Vaux 」 r. (with ln the late 1880 ' s the glaciers 儀 mil メ (pronounced vox). camera), and George Vaux of the Rockies and Selkirks George Vaux Sr. and (third from 厄升 ) , with Swiss 、 at the maxlmum extent family, first visi ted the Guides and companions on Victoria Glacier, 1900. of their most significant Rockies and Selkirks in 1887. recent advance. The Victor1a D uri ng the next rty years , Opposite top. Louise Creek and Glacier, beyond Lake various family members a view to Mt. Victoria, Lake Louise, 1900. Louise, extended I. 2 made annual visits tO the kilometres closer to thelake Canadian mo untams , taking Opposite bottom: lce cave at than at present. Athabasca particular in terest in glaciers , the terminus of Yoho Glacier, 1906. Glacier blocked the valley pho tography and botany. now occupied by the They recorded detailed lcefields Parkway. Today accounts Of their travels and glaciologists study the observatlons, publishing landscape for clues, attempt- papers and presenting ing to decipher the past and lectures at home in Philadel- present behaviour Of phia. Amongsttheir most glaciers. ln some cases they enduring contributions are are literally able to complete stunning black and white the picture by referring to landscape images 0 fthe remarkable photographs Rockies and Selkirks, taken shortly after the completion depicting the extent Of of the railway. glacial ice in the decades around the turn 0 f the century. Many of these pho- tographs were the skilled work of upper class Quakers from Philadelphia, the Vaux

THE CANADIAN ROCKIES: A HISTORY 爪 PHOTOGRAPHS 101 Opposite: The entrance tO little in the way of heavy M uch of the original grade ROCky Mountains Park (Banff), equipment tO aid their task, is still in use today. The 1921. workers toiled for $ 5.00 per lcefields Parkway was Above: The Bow River and month plus room and officially opened in 1940 , mountains near Lake Louise, and the scenery it offered board. Horses brought in from the Banff-Lake Louise from the pralrres tO aSSISt ln the motorlst 、 vas heralded as Road, now the BOW Valley Parkway, 1921. t 、 Menty S 、 vitzerlands in the clearing OP erations were noticed tO suffer 、 vith the one. " The road was up- effects of altitude at Bow graded and paved between 1956 and 1961, and is still Pass, the highest point considered by many [ 0 be crossed by roadway ln the most spectacular drive in Canada. Many of the the world. construct10 n camps used by ln 1990 the lcefields the 、 vorkers became the sites of today's roadside camp- Parkway celebrated its 50th grounds ・ anmversary, and Jasper The finished product was Natio nal Park hosted a a ち 0 kilometre gravel road, reumon Of some Of those 6.5 metres in width, and in who had worked on the no place steeper than 8 %. original constructlon. マ′イを ~ 一

110 THE CANADIAN ROCKIES: A HISTORY IN PHOTOGRAPHS Ph0tography Credits The a リ 0 「 / 5 particular/y grateful tO the 5 ね″ oft わ e ハ「ⅳ e Whyte め e リ m of the Canadian Rockies, fO 「 their as 引 5 ね n ( e with / 5 proiect. the photograph captions, "n. d. " means no specific date can be matched to the photograph, "ca. " means ・ circa", or approximately. Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff A. B. Thom: 14 , 24 A. L. Mumm: 39 upper Bert Prendergast: 80 lower BiII Gibbons: 91 Boorne and May: 9 lower, 10 Brewster Transport collection. 103 ′ 106-10 乙 109 Bruno EngIer: 95 Byron Harmon collection : front cover, 4 , 12 , 17 , 18 both, 19 upper, 20 , 22 , 23 upper, 26 lower, 27 upper, 32 both, 39 lower, 42 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 upper, 58-59 , 60 , 61 lower, 65 both, 66 , 67 , 68 , 69 , 72. 73 upper, 74 , 76 upper, 82 upper, 83 upper, 86 , 87 upper, 88 , 94 , 96 upper, 97 upper, 98 , 100 , 101 , 102 both, 105 , 108 lower, 1 引 Coast Publishing: 15 Ed Feuz 」 r. collection: 34 lower Edward Whymper: 51 Elliott Barnes: 75 , 76 lower, 77 , 79 upper, 80 upper, 82 -83 lower F. H. Slark: 41 both G. Morris Taylor: 93 lower George NOble: 21 , 23 lower George Paris: 25 lower H. WooIIey: 57 」 ohn Wood 「 u 幵 : 81 Lewis Freeman: 73 lower LIoyd Harmon: 96 lower Mary Schäffer collection: 55 , 59 lower, 62-63 , 70 MoIIie Adams: 63 lower Nicholas Morant: 107 upper Peter and Catherine Whyte collection: 36 lower Ph0tographer unknown: 2 , 7 upper, 19 lower, 27 lower, 35 , 37 , 52 , 61 upper, 64 厄升 , 78 , 87 lower, 79 , 89 , 90 , 97 , 106 upper, rear cover S. A. Smyth: 25 upper S. S. Thompson: 16 Stedman Brothers: 26 upper Underwood and Underwood: 108 upper Vaux FamiIy collection: 30 lower, 46 , 47 both W 」 . Oliver: 84 Walter Wilcox: 44 , 45 , 53.54 , 56 85 GIenbow-AIberta lnstitute, Calgary CharIes Horetzky: 38 Edgar Spurgeon: 40 Photographer unknown. 6 , 7 lower, 8 , 1 1 both, 28 , 92 , 93 upper, 104 upper ProvinciaI Archives of A e Edmonton Ph0tographer unknown: 64 right Jasper/YeIIowhead HistoricaI Society, Jasper Ph0tographer unknown: 104 lower Canadian Pacific Corporate Archives, Montreal 0. B. BuelI: 9 upper Photographer unknown: 1 , 13 , 31 , 33 both, 34 upper, 36 upper R. H. Trueman. 30 upper Author phOto. Marnie po 厄