. The Rockies of Canada; . 2q8 Zhc IRocfcies of Cana&a ne such as we hn yed this yeareir influen esult a profusion>f beauty that described inh was the fori f our tent we could of untold5 of wild asters. of a mile inon the dor : from thewas a pale the in-delicate ra row-■1 graceful on tie mostd parts of the mattere twenty or thirt; grasp 5 hand, yet (Mpine Flower Gardens. >OU COUld not see dto£^wfl#^#fc«»(r^^ the white valerian, u make that strong, rank od here in late summer, and Ike fallen plumes of seemed a so we r these lion of colours look for relief through fairyland ad me
. The Rockies of Canada; . 2q8 Zhc IRocfcies of Cana&a ne such as we hn yed this yeareir influen esult a profusion>f beauty that described inh was the fori f our tent we could of untold5 of wild asters. of a mile inon the dor : from thewas a pale the in-delicate ra row-■1 graceful on tie mostd parts of the mattere twenty or thirt; grasp 5 hand, yet (Mpine Flower Gardens. >OU COUld not see dto£^wfl#^#fc«»(r^^ the white valerian, u make that strong, rank od here in late summer, and Ike fallen plumes of seemed a so we r these lion of colours look for relief through fairyland ad meadow where details are lost in most [ nations of Corot r us ht Turners wonder- ts are r sharply drawn remper a few hundred. pbotograpbic flbcate 209 feet more of elevation the forest ends and the domina-tion of bare rocks and snow begins. The uplandmeadows where spruce and larch mingle are the finallovely expression of the forest, the swan song, as itwere, of the evergreen mantle rising dense and sombreout of the valleys. About two miles up the valley, at a somewhathigher level, was the Wenkchemna Lake where Ihoped to do much photographic work. It would bedifficult to find another lake of small size in a wildersetting, the shores being of great angular stones,perfectly in harmony with the wild range of moun-tains beyond. Except in one place where a green andinviting slope comes down to the water, this roughground is utterly unsuitable for vegetation and nearlydevoid of trees. From my favourite point of viewonly one tree is visible, a distant, solitary larch. Thelake seems about a quarter of a mile across, but thereis nothing to judge distance by, and it is probablymore, as an hour will hardly suffice to wa
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