Expeditions organized or participated in by the Smithsonian . Fig. 22.—Standardizing the size of an uld trail gang uven beside the by Walcott, 1916. A glance into this wonderland is shown by figures 9 and 10, whichare views looking south across the Bow Valley into the heart ofthe Rockies. The illustration of Pinnacle Peak (fig. 11) tells thestory of the tremendous power of erosive agencies, where the colossal l8 SMITHSONIAN COLLECTIONS VOL. 66 quartzites and limestones are shattered and eroded into the mostfantastic forms. West of Pinnacle Peak, at
Expeditions organized or participated in by the Smithsonian . Fig. 22.—Standardizing the size of an uld trail gang uven beside the by Walcott, 1916. A glance into this wonderland is shown by figures 9 and 10, whichare views looking south across the Bow Valley into the heart ofthe Rockies. The illustration of Pinnacle Peak (fig. 11) tells thestory of the tremendous power of erosive agencies, where the colossal l8 SMITHSONIAN COLLECTIONS VOL. 66 quartzites and limestones are shattered and eroded into the mostfantastic forms. West of Pinnacle Peak, at the head of Paradise Valley. Mount. Fig. 23.—Breaking camp and jiacking up at Mount Assiniboine by Walcott, igi6. Huni^abee rises in a terraced wall 4,000 feet above the glacier atits foot (fig. 12), while another glimpse of these great cliiTs is seenunder Mount Lefroy, where the melting snows cascade down asa beautiful brook over the quartzite ledges (fig. 13). NO. r SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, I916 19 At last, in the clitTs above Ross Lake (fig. 15). the Albcrtcllafauna was located in situ, and from the slopes above the lake apanoramic view (fig. 14) was taken of Mount Bosworth, above Kick-ing Horse Pass on the Continental Divide. Although only feetin height. Mount Bosworth exposes in its slopes over feet inthickness of bedded rocks that constitute one of the best sectionsof the Cambrian rocks found in the Canadian Rockies.
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