more than one friend that we had learned to know and appreciate in the
simple, human life of trail and camp-fire; and carrying with us eternal
memories of this region of glorious mountains and pine-scented
valleys, lakes of turquoise and emerald, rushing crystal streams,
waterfalls innumerable, glaciers and snow-fields, rugged cliffs and
green-clad slopes, rock-strewn ridges and flower-bedecked meadows, and
of the marvellously clear and intoxicating air of the mountains
lifting the soul out of the mire and attuning it to a purer and more
noble outlook. We had had glimpses of these wonderlands of the
Canadian West, and we were resolved that another day should see our
footsteps once more turned toward the beckoning hills.
To-day, with the "storm-winds of autumn" rushing by from the east, we
feel like saying, with Matthew Arnold:
"Ye are bound for the mountains--
Ah, with you let me go
Where your cold distant barrier,
The vast range of snow,
Through the loose clouds lift dimly
Its white peaks in air--
How deep is their stillness!
Ah, would I were there!"
[Illustration: MOUNT ROBSON FROM THE NORTHEAST. _R. C. W. Lett_]
[Illustration: MOOSE RIVER FALLS. _R. C. W. Lett_]
[Illustration: SWIMMING THE ATHABASKA. _R. C. W. Lett_]
[Illustration: MAKING CAMP. _R. C. W. Lett_]
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MAPS
[Illustration: MAP OF ROCKY MOUNTAINS PARK. --Banff Section--]
[Illustration: MAP OF ROCKY MOUNTAINS PARK. --Lake Louise Section--]
[Illustration: MAP OF YOHO PARK]
[Illustration: JASPER PARK]
[Illustration: MAP OF GLACIER PARK]
[Illustration: ROBSON PARK. British Columbia]
Transcriber's Note:
* Obvious punctuation and spelling errors repaired.
* Several compound words had dual spellings: They were changed
to the predominant form as follows:
campfire =====> camp-fire (p. 213)
chalet =====> chalet (p. 87 (twice))
foot-holds =====> footholds (pp. 206, 207)
foot-hills =====> foothills (p. 208)
hand-holds =====> handholds (p. 207)
head-waters =====> headwaters (p. 76)
hill-side =====> hillside (pp. 186, 255)
north-east =====> northeast (p. 53)
north-west =====> northwest (pp. 53 (twice), 59)
south-east =====> southeast (p. 59)
south-west =====> southwest (p. 104)
spellbound =====> spell-bound (p. 176)
water-fall =====> waterfall (p 270, twice)
wildflowers =====> wild-flowers (p. 55)
* Other changes:
Hasler =====> Haesler (pp. 138, 139)
Schaeffer =====> Schaffer (pp. 26, 187)
Repeated chapter titles have been removed.
End of Project Gutenberg's Among the Canadian Alps, by Lawrence J. Burpee