* A Project Gutenberg Canada Ebook * This ebook is made available at no cost and with very few restrictions. These restrictions apply only if (1) you make a change in the ebook (other than alteration for different display devices), or (2) you are making commercial use of the ebook. If either of these conditions applies, please check gutenberg.ca/links/licence.html before proceeding. This work is in the Canadian public domain, but may be under copyright in some countries. If you live outside Canada, check your country's copyright laws. IF THE BOOK IS UNDER COPYRIGHT IN YOUR COUNTRY, DO NOT DOWNLOAD OR REDISTRIBUTE THIS FILE. Title: Through Mountains and Canyons. The Canadian Rockies. Author: Notman, William McFarlane (1857-1913) Date of first publication: 1906 Edition used as base for this ebook: Montreal: Wm. Notman & Son, 1906 [first edition] Date first posted: 14 May 2011 Date last updated: 14 May 2011 Project Gutenberg Canada ebook #787 This ebook was produced by Barbara Watson, Mark Akrigg & the Online Distributed Proofreading Canada Team at http://www.pgdpcanada.net We have named William McFarlane Notman as this book's author, since he is known to have travelled many times to Western Canada to take photographs. He was a partner in his father's famous photographic studio. The book itself does not name him specifically, but according to its cover was "photographed by Wm. Notman & Son Montreal". THROUGH MOUNTAINS AND CANYONS THE CANADIAN ROCKIES PHOTOGRAPHED BY WM. NOTMAN & SON MONTREAL Entered According to Act of Parliament of Canada, in the Year 1906, at the Department of Agriculture, by Wm. Notman & Son. [Illustration: THE THREE SISTERS, CANMORE] [Illustration: BANFF SPRINGS HOTEL, FROM OVER FALLS] [Illustration: BANFF SPRINGS HOTEL AND MOUNT RUNDLE] [Illustration: BOW VALLEY, FROM BANFF HOTEL] [Illustration: SUN DANCE CANYON, BANFF] [Illustration: CASCADE MOUNTAIN AND CANYON] [Illustration: LAKE LOUISE, LAGGAN] [Illustration: VICTORIA GLACIER, LAKE LOUISE] [Illustration: LAKE AGNES, CASTLE CRAGS, HAZEL PEAK AND MOUNT LEFROY] [Illustration: MORAINE LAKE, VALLEY OF THE TEN PEAKS] [Illustration: MOUNT STEPHEN] [Illustration: MOUNT STEPHEN AND FIELD, B.C.] [Illustration: TWIN FALLS, YOHO VALLEY] [Illustration: TAKAKKAW FALL, YOHO VALLEY--1,200 feet high.] [Illustration: EMERALD LAKE, NEAR FIELD, B.C.] [Illustration: LOWER KICKING HORSE CANYON] [Illustration: LOWER KICKING HORSE CANYON, NEAR GOLDEN, B.C.] [Illustration: MOUNTAIN CREEK BRIDGE--Containing 1,500,000 feet timber.] [Illustration: STONY CREEK] [Illustration: STONY CREEK BRIDGE--Height 296 feet.] [Illustration: MOUNT MACDONALD, EAST SIDE] [Illustration: ROGERS PASS AND MOUNT MACDONALD] [Illustration: THE GREAT AND ASULKAN GLACIERS] [Illustration: SUMMER AND WINTER TRACKS, NEAR GLACIER] [Illustration: INTERIOR OF A SNOW SHED] [Illustration: GLACIER HOUSE, GLACIER, B.C.] [Illustration: THE GREAT GLACIER OF THE SELKIRKS] [Illustration: CREVASSES, ASULKAN GLACIER] [Illustration: ICE CAVE, THE GREAT GLACIER] [Illustration: ASULKAN GLACIER] [Illustration: SIR DONALD AND THE GREAT GLACIER] [Illustration: HERMIT RANGE, FROM MOUNT ABBOTT] [Illustration: ILLECILLEWAET VALLEY AND LOOP, FROM MOUNT ABBOTT] [Illustration: THE LOOP, SHOWING FOUR TRACKS] [Illustration: JAWS OF DEATH, THOMPSON CANYON] [Illustration: ALBERT CANYON] [Illustration: FRASER CANYON, BELOW NORTH BEND] [Illustration: MOONLIGHT, FRASER CANYON] [Illustration: CARIBOO ROAD BRIDGE, FRASER CANYON] [End of Through Mountains and Canyons, by William McFarlane Notman]