SM ITHSOXIAX M ISCKLLAXEOUS COLLKC TK )X.S 



VOL. 70 



Passinc; up the Jiow River from Uanff there is a beautiful view 

 from X'ermihon Lakes of the western slope of Rundle Mountain near 

 llanff ( fi,c(. 2). To the north Mount Louis in the Sawback Rani^e 

 thrusts its ]jinnacles of upturned limestones far above timber-line 

 ( fi,^'. 3). The pinnacles when seen from the north jjresent a bold, 

 stronc^ sk}'-line ( fii(. 4 ) . 



Leavin.![^ the Canadian Lacific Railway at Lake Louise Station, the 

 Bow \'alley extends to tlie northwest parallel to the Continental 

 Divifle whiclT form< it< >outhwcstcrn sirle. How Lake at the head 



Jj(,. 2. — Soutliwest slupe of Rundle Alountain. looking across Vermilion 

 Lakes, 2 miles (3.2 km.) west of Banff. The mountain is composed of slop- 

 ing limestones that form hold eastward facing cliffs. Photograph hy 

 W'alcott, 191S. 



of the valley is a beautiful sheet of water hemmed in by bald mmm- 

 tain slopes and clitts on the west and north and 1)\- the mass of 

 Mount Hector ( 11. 125 feetj on the east, krom the west numerous 

 glaciers drain into the lake. The fir.st one encountered is Crowfoot 

 (fig. 5), which flows from the great \\'au])Utek snow-fiekl along the 

 Continental Divide. Some of the smaller glaciers bring down an 

 immense amount of broken and ground up rock which forms long 

 slopes extenrling nearl\- to the edge of the lake ( figs. 6 and J } . 



