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More Info Selkirk Range of British Columbia, Vol I
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1905
1978.130.001
More Info Selkirk Mountains, The -A Guide for Mountain Climbers and Pilgrims
Book centers around Glacier House, a summer mountain resort of the Canadian Pacific Railway. On the western slopes 3 miles form the summit. Outside this centre the book touches the districts of Golden, Windermere and Revelstoke. Information obtained from photo-topographical surveys made by the writer between 1901 and 1905. suppledmented by information from the Alpine Club of Canada.
Inside front cover is a loose newspaper clipping taken from the Daily Townsman, Tuesday, July 31, 1973, which focusses on the finding of 12 copies of this book by Tommy Wheeler and the subsequent sale of them in her bookstore, The Book Shoppe.
Several fold out topographic maps are interspersed thoughout the text.
b&w photographs, index, glossary of mountain terms,.
book : softcover


1912
2008.014.024 Library
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