Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-07-26

waters with those OF the Bow. Just
herein the shadows of tail pines which
nestle around the bases of tall noun
tains, famed by breeZeS laden with the
mistS of the falls, and lulled by the gurg-
ling murmur of the rapids of the Spray
and the roar of the falls of the Bows
the paradise of the Canadian National
Park
The mountains here, while perhaps
not so rugged as the granite peaks of
Colorado, are very beautiful. Many of
them wear their garments of snow all
summer, and no two wear them alike.
Mt. Massive, at the West, wears his in
horizontal bands, while the SHOWS on the
Cascade Mountain lie in transverse
streakS down the sides, and he wears a
small snOw-cap set jauntily back upon
his head. Mt. Pechee, the chief of the
FairhOlm range, said to be more than
10000 feet above sea level, towers up
away in the distance with narrow bands
of white apparently straight down his
sides; while some of his neighborS have
snOw-patches arranged irregularly over
their tops and sides. Two of these
mountains seem to be favorite friends
of the clouds. On the clearest day you
are likely to see fleecy cloudlets hover
ing about the top of Mt. Massive, or great
walls of silvery clouds along the sides,
or hanging lovingly around the head of
Pechee. These mountains, unlike those
of the States, are all of stratified rocks,
set upon their edges and at various an
giles. Yesterday l climbed to the top
of Tunnel Mountain, 1,20O feet above
Bow River, and was fortunate enough
to find, near the summit, familiar fos-
sil-a cOral-which indicates the place
of that stratum of limestone in the geo.
logical series. l should call that Devon
ian, though these mountains are said to
be both DevOnian and Sub-carbonifer-
Gus formations. A singular fact is, that
rounded, water-wOrn pebbles, of the
kind which cover the plains and noun
tain valleys, which geolOgistS call ''The
Drift" are found on the sides, and all
over the top of this mountain about
800 feet up the side found a conglom-
ate boulder of several tons in weight.
THE HOT SPRINGS OF BANFF.
Banff is getting quite reputation on
account of its hot sulphur springs, said
to possess curative properties similar to
those which have made the Hot Springs
of Arkansas so famous. These springs are
known here as "The Cave,
''The Basin," and ''The Springs" They
are all on the sides of Sulphur Noun
tain, on the South side of the Bow.
The Cave, as it's name indicates, is
dome-like cavern in the mountain side,
about a mile West of the bridge. The
of this cavern is about 30
feet, and its height 20 or 25 feet. The
pool covers the bottom, except a walk
about feet wide around one side. At
the apex of the dome is a hole some
feet across, through which sufficient day
light enters to render everything within
quite distinctly visible. This "sky-light'
was originally the only entrance, and
bath could only be obtained by climbing
lOWn long pole thrust into the pool |
through this Orifce. But the Canadian |
government has run a tunnel into the |
,ide of the mountain level with the top |
If the pool, and has covered the mouth
If this tunnel with beautiful rustic
)athing house. The pool is about 5 feet
leep. The water is of greenish cast, but
Iuite clear, and has a sulphury smell,
which is true of all the springs. Tenn
)erature, IS . Fab. The basin is situate
10 or 60 yards from the mouth of the
ave. 1t is provided with rustic bath
NC house, too. The water is s or 9 feet
leep, and about 100 hotter than in the
ave. The Hot Springs are on the
Northeastern slope of the mountain,
bout 800 feet higher than the Cave,
nd are reached by wagon road, winding
bout the base and sides of the noun
ain, about miles distant from the
ridge. The temperature of these waters
S about 120o Fab.
The Park is being well provided with
me drives at government expense. Sew
raj roads are completed, and others are
n process of construction.
1t was the intention, when this letter
vas begun, to tell something of the peo-
lie of this Canadian North West Terri
DRY, and to give some notes on their
olitics, on the climate and weather
Iut having written at so great length,
1ust pass these ubiects for the present
Yours, T. w. EMERSON.