The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-10-15

vi and pleasing scenery IMAM
the Canadian National park
at Banft except the special
characteristics Of our own peerless
Yellowstone National park. snow
rlad peaks of greater heights, how
ever, are in evidence, and in that re-
spect remind one more of the Alpine
scenery of Switzerland. Ihat huge
mass TO the northward, 10000 feet IN
height whose peaks are covered WITH
eternal snow. is known as the cas-
rades. To the eastward the FAIR
holmes. behind which lies Lake Mn
newanka. That sharp cone. known as
/ Peechee tcalled after an Indian ch1et'
closes the view in that direction.
Along the ra2orlike back Of the Sui
phur mountain, 5000 feet high, the
Dominion government has established
an observatory. 1t is favorite climb
for visitors to the park. The Alpine
club is located half way up the noun
tain side. The isolated bluff south
ward, known as Tunnel mountain
has some beautiful driveways made
bv the Dominion government. from
which pleasing Vistas can be had OF
the Bow river falls and valley. Wild
sheep and goats can be seen on neigh
boring heights. About twenty miles
south of the park entrance is Mount
Assiniboine, said to be the Matter
born of America. The way to it leads
through beautiful valleys studded with
transparent blue lakes and pafk-hRe
prairie openings,
Resuming our journey, "a miles TO
the westward, we arrive at Laggan'
the station for the Lakes in the
Clouds. 1t will ever be a pleasant
Renaissance to the tourist over the
Canadian Pacific railway, to leave
the train at this station and go up the
mountains with us to visit these
lakes. Lake Louise is one OF nature S
1arest gems of beauty. 1t lies at an
elevation of 5,645 feet, and is shut IN
on every side by rocky snoW-capped
heights, picture Of perfect peace. AS
YOU stand on it's shores and look
southwark across its mirrored surface
you will observe the forefront OF the
great glacier, slanting upward untli II
reaches a depth of 500 feet OF solid
blue and green ice, fed continuously
by aValanches from that great mass
Of snow and ice on the endless groups
of enormous heights beyond. the peak
dominating the scene is Mount VIC
toria. 10000 feet high The ascent
from Lake Louise to Mirror lake and
Lake Agnes at an altitude $500 feet,
can be made by mountain tracks on
horseback or afOot. and we'll repays
one for the climb. Beehive Mount tin
shape of a perfect beehive1, a solid
rock without yerdure, towers for hun
dreds of feet abruptly from the banks
of Mirro. lake, the vistas from the
trails leading to the lakes embrace
miles of snowclad mountain peaks
Aand valleys below them. A tirst-c1ass
hotel known as the Lake Louise Cha
let is located on the banks of Lake
Louise, open for visitors from June to
September. and is constantly filled
the season through by tourists. The
nights are cool here, and fire is a
necessity for comforts sake after the
long summer daylight in this nor -hern
cline leaves us about 10 p. m.
About six miles west of Laggan the
summit of the Rockies is reached and
the great continental divide is passed
$500 feet above the level of the sea.
. A rustic arch spans the stream, under
which the clear waters divide, one
branch bound for the Pacific, the other
for the Atlantic. Descending west,
ward the Pacific slopes, we follow
the course of the turbulent stream
known as the Kicking Horse river
through charming scenery, with
glacier fields almost constantly in
sight, dominated by mountain peaks