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AMONG THE CANADIAN ALPS. Lawrence Burpee 1914 1st UK edition Ex Lib
By Burpee, Lawrence.
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London, New York, Jphn Lane. 1914, 1st edition. 239 pp, 35 plates. The book is illustrated with 4 full-page color plates, 5 maps, and 45 black-and-white photographs. Original Green cloth binding. Canadian travel and mountaineering. Original green cloth with color embossed cover, Ex Lib, spine mark, edge wear, Good. 
 
This book extolls the beauty and the pristine scenery of early 1900's Canada, particularly the mountains. 'What is the peculiar charm of that mighty, snow-capped sea of mountains, whose stupendous waves tossed far into the heavens ever about to overwhelm the level wheat-fields of Western Canada?' asks the author. 'Your first glimpse of the Canadian Alps - a line of white, glittering peaks just above the horizon, infinitely remote and ethereal.' 
 
Contents include: Lure of the mountains; National parks of Canada; In and about Banff; Canadian Matterhorn; Incomparable Lake Louise; Valley of the Yoho; Around the Illecillewaet; Caves of Nakimu; Mountain climbing and climbers; Climbing in the Selkirks; Afield in Jasper; Out of the world; Monarch of the Rockies; On the Moose River Trail; Bibliography. 

Illustrations include: Berg Lake; Mount Temple; Vermilion Lake; Three Sisters; Mount Waptu; Mount Lefroy; Moose Pass; Wall of Jericho; Trail near Banff; Mowers of Mount Babel; Lake Louise; Moraine Lake; Yoho Valley; Illecillewaet Glacier; High Frontier of British Columbia; Summit of Sir Donald; weird caves of Nakimu; Mount Robson; Mount Resplendant; climbing among the Seracs; Jasper Lake; Moose River Falls; Swimming the Athabaska; etc.

Maps include: Rocky Mountain Park, Banff Section; Lake Louise Section; Yoho Park; Jasper Park; Glacier Park; Robson Park.


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