EXI'LORATKJXS AND FIi: LD-WoKK ol- THE S.AIITIi- 

 SOXIAX IXSTlTL'TloX I X 1919 



IXTRODL'CriOX 



An important ])hasc of the Institntion's wcirk, in carrNiny ottt one 

 of its fundamental purposes, the " increase ot knowledge,"' is the 

 scientihc exploration bv members of the staff of regions in this 

 countr\- and abroad ])re\"iousl\' imperfecth" known to science. The 

 more im])ortant of these held researches carried on duriui^- 1919 are 

 here described briedw for the most part by the ex]dorers themselves. 

 Xaturall}' the L;reat war held in abeyance a number of ]iroposed 

 ex])editions. some of wTiich it has since been possil)!e to send out on 

 the resumption of a ])eace status. 



GEOLOGICAL EXF'LORATIOX IX THE CAXADIAX ROCKIES 



Geoloi^ical ex])lorations were continued in the Canadian Rock)' 

 Mountains (lurinj4' the held season of n;i<j with two objects in view: 

 (I) 'JMie cbscover}' of an unmetamorphosed. luidisturbed section of 

 the L'])])er Caml)rian formations north of the Canadian Pacific 

 Railwa)' ; and I Ji the collection of fossils to determine the \ariou> 

 formations and to correlate them with the L'jjper Cam])rian forma- 

 tions elsewhere. 



The parly .:^oinL^' fi'om \\ ashiuL^lon consisted of 1 )r. and 

 Mrs. C harle> I). W alcotl aiiil \inhnr lirowii. wlio ha^ accoini)aiiied 

 them ior a munber of \ears. 



l-'arly in July an attempt was made to reach ( ihost l\i\er norlhea>l 

 of |->anff. .Mbcrta. but ihi^ failed owiiiL^ to the exlensi\e outbreak of 

 forest tires in that re.j^ion. 



In August the party jiroceeded uorlh trom Lake Louise o\er How 

 I 'ass down the .Mista\a C reek to the Saskatchewan l\i\er. and thence 

 up to the head-waters of the Middle l'"ork in the area about I llacier 

 Lake, where a wonderfulK' well ]iri'ser\ed l'p])ei- ( .imlniaii series 

 of rocks was fouml that liad bei-ii cut .across in pre-L^Lnial lime b\- a 

 <leep east-aud-wc-st c-.anyon vall(\ , ;it the berid of wbiih wwv tw<i 

 ijeautitul i^lacicrs, wiiich are illustrated In tlu' paiior.imic \ iew liL:ure 1 

 ( I' rontispicce ) . and more in det.ail 1)\ liu;ures 5, 7, <X. <;, ;ind 10. 



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