. Shores and Alps of Alaska . Castle Mountain and The Canadian National Park. Bears are unusually numerous this season, andhave been seen lately near both of the hot springsin the Park; and on one occasion by some ladies. The View from the Hot Springs. who are camping near the upper springs, and whoinformed me that they were much terrified, andhad discontinued their walks in the neighbourhood. CAVERN OF THE HOT SPRINGS. 9 The attractions of the district, without in anyway rivalling the American Yellowstone NationalPark, consist, in addition to the mountain scenery,which is remarkable, of two s
. Shores and Alps of Alaska . Castle Mountain and The Canadian National Park. Bears are unusually numerous this season, andhave been seen lately near both of the hot springsin the Park; and on one occasion by some ladies. The View from the Hot Springs. who are camping near the upper springs, and whoinformed me that they were much terrified, andhad discontinued their walks in the neighbourhood. CAVERN OF THE HOT SPRINGS. 9 The attractions of the district, without in anyway rivalling the American Yellowstone NationalPark, consist, in addition to the mountain scenery,which is remarkable, of two sets of warm springsand of some falls or rapids of the Bow river. Themore elevated of the springs command a wideview, while the lower ones are more curious incharacter. The largest is entirely subterranean, ina dome-shaped cavern which one enters by meansof a ladder from the summit. On the floor is apodl with a sandy bottom through which the warmwaters bubble up. When ones eyes get accustomedto the gloom it can be seen that the water makesits exit as mysteriously as it entered. At first I was alone; but afterwards a rough-looking man made his appearance, and offered totake charge of my rifle while I descended. It w
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