. Tours to the Yellowstone Park and Pacific Coast : August 6, September 3, 1907 . of the hotel at Banff one seesto the northward, Cascade Mountain, towering tothe height of 9875 feet; to the east, Mount Inglis-maldie and the far-uplifted solitudes of the Fair-holme sub-range; southeast of Mount Inglismaldie,the sharp cone of Mount Peechee, one of the peaksof the Fairholme Range, 10,000 feet high; to theleft of Cascade Mountain, and north of the railwaytrack, forest-fringed Squaw Mountain, standingsentinel over the beautiful Vermilion Lakes, whichnestle at its feet; up the Bow River to the west
. Tours to the Yellowstone Park and Pacific Coast : August 6, September 3, 1907 . of the hotel at Banff one seesto the northward, Cascade Mountain, towering tothe height of 9875 feet; to the east, Mount Inglis-maldie and the far-uplifted solitudes of the Fair-holme sub-range; southeast of Mount Inglismaldie,the sharp cone of Mount Peechee, one of the peaksof the Fairholme Range, 10,000 feet high; to theleft of Cascade Mountain, and north of the railwaytrack, forest-fringed Squaw Mountain, standingsentinel over the beautiful Vermilion Lakes, whichnestle at its feet; up the Bow River to the west-ward, the square crest of Mount Massive, toweringinto the heavens; nearer Banff, to the southwest,razor-backed Sulphur Mountain; southward, iso-lated Tunnel Mountain; and back of the Rundle, 9665 feet. Mount Assiniboine,one of- the Matterhorns of the Canadian Rockies,lies twenty miles south of Banff, in the SprayValley—a sheer pyramid of almost vertical rock,towering far above vast glacial fields and surround-ing uplifted solitudes to an altitude of 11,860 PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. 37 Laggan is the station for the Lakes in the Clouds, Lagganrare gems whose loveliness far surpasses any lakesin the world. Lake Louise, the nearest to the rail-road, is two and one-half miles by a good drivingroad. A bridle path leads one thousarid feet higherup the mountain to Mirror Lake, and a still higherascent to Lake Agnes. All of these lakes are overfive thousand feet above sea level, and Lake Agnesis literally above the clouds. The one hundred and four miles between Laggan The Heartand Glacier includes some of the most magnificent oi thescenery to be found on the American Continent. RockiesThe train climbs up and over the Divide of theRocky Mountains, the highest point being passedat Stephen Station. Just beyond, the railroadpasses between Mts. Stephen and Field, two giantsof the Rockies. The passage through Kicking Horse Canyonbeyond Palliser Station is one long to be rem
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