. Across Canada : annotated guide via Canadian Pacific, the world's greatest transportation system : Western lines east bound . survey partyunder Walter Moberley, , engaged in preliminary surveyingfor^the railway, passed the winter of 1871-2. They winteredtheir stock on the shore of what is now called Lake Moberley, on the left at Moberley station {7721 feet) isthe most prominent peak for several miles. Golden 2583 Golden is an interesting town with large lum-bering and mining interests, and commandsthe trade of the fertile Windermere Valley to the south. To theleft of the
. Across Canada : annotated guide via Canadian Pacific, the world's greatest transportation system : Western lines east bound . survey partyunder Walter Moberley, , engaged in preliminary surveyingfor^the railway, passed the winter of 1871-2. They winteredtheir stock on the shore of what is now called Lake Moberley, on the left at Moberley station {7721 feet) isthe most prominent peak for several miles. Golden 2583 Golden is an interesting town with large lum-bering and mining interests, and commandsthe trade of the fertile Windermere Valley to the south. To theleft of the track, shortly before reaching Golden station, can beseen the model Swiss village of Edelweiss, erected by the Can-adian Pacific for the Swiss guides whom it employs for the bene-fit of mountain climbers. Previous to the erection of this village,which lies on the slopes of a hill and reproduces with remarkableverisimilitude the characteristic architecture of the Swiss chalet,the guides had always returned to Switzerland at the end ofeach season, but now they live in Canada the entire year. GOLDEN TO CRANBROOK: 166 miles. Golden Spillimacheen Edgewater Lake Windermere Qoldie Creek From Golden a branch line runs souththrough the fertile Columbia Valley,touching for a considerable part of thejourney the beautiful Lake Windermere,and joining the Crows Nest line at Col- 32 Across Canada
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