Photo by R. C. W. Lett, by courtesy of Grand Trunk r 

 OUR FIRST rear: THE SKIX AND SKULL ARE XOW IX THE U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM 



clouds, beyond which its pointed apex of 

 ice. ghttering in the morning sun, shot 

 uj) far into the bltie heaven above, to a 

 lieight of probably lO.ooo or 15,000 

 feet." 



Thirty-three years later (1898) Mr. 

 James \IcEvoy, of the Geological Sur- 

 vey of Canada, made a reconnaissance 

 from Edmonton west over the Yellow- 

 head Pass and saw Robson Peak from 

 the south. Me fixed its geographic po- 

 sition and assigned it a height of 13,700 

 feet, stating that it has the distinction of 

 being the highest known peak in the 

 Canadian Rockies. ^IcEvoy also made 

 some geological observations, and on his 

 map of 190 1 includes the Robson region 



north of the Eraser River \'alley as Up- 

 per Cambrian or Castle ^Mountain group. 



niE FIRST ASCENT OF THE MOUNTAIN 



In 1907 and 1908 Dr. A. P. Coleman, 

 of the University of Toronto, began ex- 

 ploration with the purpose of attempt- 

 ing to ascend the jieak. He fountl it 

 impossible (1907) to climb from the 

 south, where precipitous cliffs rose ter- 

 race on terrace from the valley of the 

 Grand Forks 9.000 feet to the snow- clad 

 summit. 



The following year (190S) Dr. Cole- 

 man, guided by an Indian, went up 

 Moose River and over the i)ass to the 

 Smoky, reaching the foot of Robson 



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