Photo by Charles T). Walcott 

 PRKPARIXG PTARMIGAN SKINS TO SEND TO THE; U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM 



Story of "A Geologist's Paradise" along 

 the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway. 

 During the summer of 1911 a Smith- 

 sonian expedition, in cooperation with 

 Mr. Arthur O. \\'heeler, of the Alpine 

 Club of Canada, visited the Robson Peak 

 district. Mr. Wheeler went to make a 

 topographic map, and the Smithsonian 

 party sought to obtain specimens of the 

 animal and plant life. The resulting 

 \\'heeler map is the best one of the re- 

 gion, and the Smithsonian collections 

 were enriched by a fine series. of animals 

 that include caribou, mountain sheep and 

 goat, grizzly and black bear, many 

 smaller animals, birds, and also many 

 plants. 



My son Charles lirought back a few 

 Cambrian fossils i)icked up while hunt- 

 ing, and told me that ridge after ridge 

 encircled the great Robson Peak with 

 rocky layers, all sloping back toward the 

 mountain. This suggested an opportu- 



nity to study another great section of 

 the Cambrian of the Rockies 200 miles 

 (328.8 kilometers ) northwest of the sec- 

 tion of 1910. 



W^ith our party in 19 12 we had Mr. 

 Harry H. Blagden. who accompanied the 

 expedition in 1911 ; also ]\Ir. R. C. W. 

 Lett, of the Grand Trunk Pacific Rail- 

 way, who took many fine photographs 

 the first two weeks of the trip : Sidney S. 

 Walcott. Closson Otto. Dr. I. F. P.urgin. 

 and Arthur lirown, all of whom were 

 Cjualified by experience and physique to 

 overcome the physical obstacles and 

 hardships of the trip. 



Through the courtesy of Mr. Lett, of 

 the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, a set of 

 his ])hotogra])hs were sent to me for use 

 in illustrating the Robson Peak district. 



WIIKKI- TIIK GRKAT PA.N'ORAMA WAS MADE 



As we crossed the beautiful Moose 

 Pass en the Ci;U'inaii trail of 1908 (6.700 



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