The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-09-19
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there, and every minute of our time
was occupied. 1t was here that we
visited what was said to be the larg-
est telescope i'm the world. We also
visited a private home and grounds
near that city that was certainly o
revelation to most Of US. We nave
read Of such homes as this in story
books, but never had we seen the real
thing. The grounds had been trans
formed into a most beautiful japanese
Garden from what had been an aband
oned gravel pit that was really an eye
sore to the pasSer by. To use a famil
lar expression of some of the ladies of
our party this home and grounds were
"a perfect dream" Of comfort and
lovliness, and we seq rcely ever expect
TO see its equal again. We also visit
ed one Of the large lumber mills near
that city and watched them saw huge
logs into lumber. We were guests at
numerous banquets in this city, and
w will all long remember our most
pleasant visit TO Victory. Victory is
located on The island Of Vancouver.
Tuesday afternoon we boarded an
other boat enroute to Vancouver,
where we were again comfortably
quartered in our special train that
had brought US TO the Pacific coast
from Winnipeg just twelve days be-
fore, and we were all glad to get a.
board that train, for most of us were
beginning to think Of home again.
The citizens of Vancouver were "a
waiting our arrival on the dock with
autos to take us for a ride over the
city and through soIue of their bean
tiful parks. chief among which is
Stanley Park. Here is the grave OF
Pauline Johnson, the Indian poetess,
a descendant Of Joseph Brandt. Van
couver has a population Of about
10000 and it is located in the midst
of a most wonderful array of natural
resources. 1t is the fourth city in
Canada and it's most important Pacific
port.
Our special train departed some
time during the early morning hours
Of Wednesday over the Canadian Pa.
ciic tracks headed eastward and our
first stop was at Revelstoke, some
times called the capitol of the Cana
dian Alps" Its are agri-
cultural, mineral and forest products
The city has a popula lion Of about
$500, and our party stopped there
several hours taking in the sights at
their own sweet will, which was a
great relief from the set program we
had been following since we started
on this long jaunt.
We arrived at Lake Louise, Thurs
day morning about s a.. ~, and were
taken to the Chateau on the shores of
this beautiful mountain lake by tram
way. We spent several interesting
hours at Lake Louise, which is truly
d very wonderful tesort, with a fine
hotel. The lake is fed by glaciers.
There are two other lakes in this vi
entity, still farther up the mountain,
that we were unable to visit on &C
count of our limited time. The wa
ters of the highest lake are said to be
a crystal white, while the waters of
another are of the deepest blue, while
the waters of Lake Louise are of en-
erald green. There are many inter
esting hikes for the traveller to indulge
in. 1t Is one of the foremost noun
resorts in Canada. 1t was here our
party also CHANGED to meet an Indian
nobleman amt his wife, from Bombay.
India, who are making a four years
tour Of the world. They proved to
be very interesting people to talk to,
having a very good command of the
English language. We left the Chat
eau via tramway at 2 o'clock, and a.
gain boarded our train.
Our next stop was Banff, perhaps
WV SASooSoS AOoolu Vi VIC Oduduldn
Rockies. Here our train was met by
autos and we were Immediately taken
to the G. P. r. Hotel, where an ele-
CANT dinner was served us, and a mum
Der OF the party also enjoyed the
swimming pool which was fed by hot
sulphur waters. There is much beau
tiful mountain scenery in the vicinity
of Banf for the enjoyment of the
visitor to this famous resort, provid-
ed one has the time at his disposal to
go and see 1t. Our train left Banff
at midnight to continue its eastward
journey.
We arrived at Red Deer, our next
official stop, a town Of perhaps $500
people on the banks of the Red Deer
River. We were served a mighty
good breakfast by the people of that
city, In the Armory Building which
had been handsomely decorated for
this occasion and a most magnificent