Photograph by R. C. W. Lett 



EMPEROR FALLS, ON THE GRAND FORK RIVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA 



The Norway of the North American continent is Southeastern Alaska and British Columbia, dis- 

 tinguished more for deeply indented coasts, gloomy fiords, and archipelagoes of innumerable islands than 

 for inland rivers. Yet in such rugged, mountainous country, the rivers gain a certain magnificence 

 from the wildness of their surroundings and the waterfalls range from the roaring cataracts of the nar- 

 row canyons to mist-like streams whose silvery ribbons cut the rugged faces of stupendous precipices. 



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