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coast. They speak of the band of gold seekers that preceded them as 

 the Emigrants. In a book entitled ''The Northwest Passage by 

 Land" Milton and Cheadle give a fair description of the Athabaska 

 valley and the Yellowhead pass. Several of the old names of features 

 are repeated and a pointed mountain top, apparently Pyramid Moun- 

 tain, is referred to as the Priest's Rock. New names are given for 

 mountains on either side of the pass at Yellowhead lake. 



Mount Fitzwilliam on the south side, the family name of Viscount 

 Milton. 



Mount Bingley for one on the north, a family name probably 

 connected with that of Cheadle. 



There is little information of the travel through the pass for 

 trade purposes or in the overland rush for the gold fields of Cariboo. 

 The next period of exploration is due to the necessity of choosing a 

 transcontinental route for a railway uniting the provinces, and for 

 this the government parties under Sir Sandford Fleming spent several 

 years in explorations. The reports of Walter Moberly and Chas. 

 Horetzky for 1872-73-74 published under Sir Sandford Fleming for the 

 government contain descriptions of various routes. The Yellowhead 

 Pass was finally chosen and detailed surveys carried out by H.A.F. 

 McLeod from whose reports it is interesting to learn that coal was 

 then reported north of Jasper House, probably on Moose creek. 



The most prolific account of any of these trips is that of Sir 

 Sandford Fleming in 1872 as recorded by Rev. Geo. M. Grant, secretary 

 to the expedition, and published in book form entitled "Ocean to 

 Ocean." In this book a few names of features that appear as new 

 names are given without comment and were evidently obtained from 

 the half breed guide. 



Roche a Perdrix is given to the mountain east of Fiddle creek. 



Roche a Bosche is between Roche Ronde and Roche de Smet. 



(Roche Suette' from misprint in Hector's journal) and may be 

 the mountain called Mt. Joe, by Hector. 



Roche a Bonhomme is somewhere east of Henry House i:)robably 

 Mount Tekarra. 



Mention should also be made of a journey made by Dr. A. R. C. 

 Selwyn in British Columbia during the summer of 1871. On this 

 trip he travelled from Tete Jaune Cache up the river to near the 

 summit of the Yellowhead Pass, but had to return owing to scarcit}- 

 of provisions. 



The best account and also the best published map of the pass is 

 that by Mr. Jas. AlcEvoy in the Annual Report of the Geological 

 Survey, Vol. XI. In the report he outlines the general geology of the 

 ranges and on the map gives sketch form to the mountains in the 



