Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-11-07
THE CANADIAN NORTHWEST.
It's Majestic Mountains and Broad
PLANES Pictured by Detroit
Traveller.
Mt. Stephens and the Great Glacier
Towns With Peculiar Names.

Towns With Peculiar Names.
| From Port Arthur to Vancouver, a dis
/ lance Of .9l3 miles. the traveller passes
/ through the most varied and sublime seen
/ cry in any railway trip upon the North
American Continent At the outset he
travels a distance Of 43l miles to Win
lnipag, through a wild and rough and
rocky region whose only contribution to
/ the wealth Of mankind must be OF a min
eral character Studded with lakes and
/ rapid rivers, it is most enchanting to look
upon, and the tourist never tires Of its
manifold beauties From Winnipeg to
/ Calgary, afourishing townlying at the foot
/ hills Of the Rocky Mountains. "a stretch of
$40 miles across a par! q Manitoba, all of
| AssinIboia and a portion Of Alberta is
/ travelled The whole distance lies through
ar apparently level country, yet as a mat
! ter Of fact a gradual ascent of 2,6SS feet
/ has been made This stretch of country is
/ the great grazing and wheat raising por-
| ton of the dominion. As far as the eye
can see a vast plain, seemingly without
/ border, and knowing no confines, with
/ here and there an alkah waste Ia large
I trace of territory Of whitish color and at
rare intervals "a river of considerable size.
the most important being the southern
branch Of the Saskatchewan. Intervening
the two places mentioned are many towns
of importance. atfqrding the sightseer
/ ever-changiug scenes Of interest. Often of
quaint NAMES, as Moosejaw and Medicine
Hat, they awaken curiosity as to the origin
of such ,ppeIations, and the appropriate
ness and appleton thereof Regina, the
capital of Assiniboai is the distributing
point for the country north and south
The Executive Council Of The northern ter
ritories meet and the Lieutenant-Goy
nor resides there. II is also headquarters
for the mounted police, military body
stationed at intervals for the preservation Of
the public peace and to keep watchfuleye
on the Indians The plains are marked in
| all directions with the trails of the king of
| the prairies, now SO nearly extinct, and his
4 whitened bones are seen at every station i'm
/ huge piles awaiting transportation to east
/ ern cities to be used IN the refining of sugar
and for fertilizing purposes.
AN IMMENSE FARM.
OF all the immense farms in the imme-
diate vicinity of, and laying adjacent to,
the railway, that of Sir John Lester KAY
| is, perhaps, the greatest, 1t embraces
900 acres, sub-divided into lots of 600
acres each every subdivision being fully
equipped with the most approved farming
implements. barns, etc. besides a large
and well-built farm house for the occupa-
ton of the owners subaterns Sir John
himself, while in that portion Of the globe
and not in England lives in private car,
which combines office with home, and
rides from extreme to extreme. directing
,,dd overlooking this vast realty. At each
division there is a side track, with a grain
elevator alongside thereof, and at the own
err direction the car is shunted to each
siding, there to remain until he shall de-
sire to go to another part Of his posses
sious
As the western boundary Of the vast
plain is approached lakes and ponds are
passed more frequently some fresh, others
alkah, and invariably the resort for myri-
ads of ducks geese and other wild fowl
! Passing Calgary, the actual mountain
| journey commences, and the traveller finds
himself in what is said to be the most in
teresting and awe-inspiring portion Of
rans-connnental trip on the Canadian Pa
ctic Railway For some distance east of
backbone of the continent are seen tow
qring towards the sky. reckoning the adj
ventmer 10 come and look upon the won
derful Of natures handiwork 1t is 642
miles from this point to Vancouver. on
the coast the western terminus of the
railway. every mile in and through the
mountains, and succession of bridges.
| tunnels and tresses At times the ascent
/ is ll6 feet to the mile. and in one instance
200 feet requiring locomotives Of 100, and
in one case l13 tons weight. and two of
/ them 10 each train of seven or eight coach
es, one pulling, the other pushing.
MAGNIFICENT SCENERY.
Reaching Banf, station in the Ca
madam National Park, a government, reser-
Walton twentv-siX miles by ten in eX-
1 tent. embracing within its borders some of
/ the grandest scenery on the continent.
/ About two miles from the station the rail-
Iroad company has erected a large and fine
4 IL appointed hotel with all modern CON
yeniences, including electric lights II is
surrounded ON all sides by mountains 600
/ to 1900 feet IN height, snow capped and
glacier crowned What vistas. What
scenes are beheld from its broad balconies
and artistic towers At every point Of the
compass, mountain upon mountain towers
one above the other At an eXpanse further
Ethan human eye may range The beautiful
! Bow River, having ITS source IN a mighty
glacier to the west, winding its way
through the valley, falls over a precipice
right at our feet and loses itself IN the
mountains far to tine east About a mile
| from the hotel, along the mountain road,
me situated two remarkable hot springs