BOW AND KANANASKAS RIVERS 145 



tram cars and electric lighting. It is an active centre 

 of ranching and lumbering. 



The railway journey takes the course of the Bow 

 River, and a gradual ascent is made towards the 

 mountain region. The Kananaskas River mingles its 

 waters with that of the Bow a little further on, and 

 the united force is concentrated in the roar of the 

 Kananaskas Falls. 



This waterway is drafted into service for pur- 

 poses of irrigation as well as serving Calgary for the 

 transportation of its lumber. Through the Gap 

 there is a splendid view of the Bow River up-stream. 

 The mountains on both sides lean across as if they 

 were about to form a natural rock bridge, but stop 

 abruptly as if they had suddenly changed their mind. 

 A vulture flitted between them as our train sped by. 



