. The tourist's northwest. Selkirks,^ and explorer of the caves, de-scribes in a vivid way his pioneer expedition intothis series of thoroughfares by the light ofacetylene bicycle lamps and an ignited magnesiumwire. . Standing on a narrow ledge that over-hangs a black abyss, the eye is first drawn by asubterranean waterfall heard roaring immediatelyon the left. It appears to pour from a darkopening above it. Below, between black walls ofrock, may be seen the foam-flecked torrent hurt-ling down the incline until lost in dense , fantastic spurs and shapes reach outinto the blackn
. The tourist's northwest. Selkirks,^ and explorer of the caves, de-scribes in a vivid way his pioneer expedition intothis series of thoroughfares by the light ofacetylene bicycle lamps and an ignited magnesiumwire. . Standing on a narrow ledge that over-hangs a black abyss, the eye is first drawn by asubterranean waterfall heard roaring immediatelyon the left. It appears to pour from a darkopening above it. Below, between black walls ofrock, may be seen the foam-flecked torrent hurt-ling down the incline until lost in dense , fantastic spurs and shapes reach outinto the blackness and the entire surroundings areso weird and uncanny that it is easy to imagineDante seated upon one of these spurs derivingimpressions for his inferno. As the brilliant lightgoes out the thick darkness makes itself felt, and 3 See The Selkirk Range, published by the Department ofthe Interior, Ottawa, and The Selkirk Mountains, a Guidefor Mountain Pilgrims and Climbers, published by the StovelCompany, Winnipeg, CQ ^ O - H -i in w hevelstoke to calgary 435 instinctively you feel to see if Charon is not stand-ing beside you. This subterranean stream, withits unearthly surroundings, is somewhat sug-gestive of the Styx, and incidentally supplied thename Avernus for the cavern of the waterfall. A second time this creek rampant of hauntinghabits vanishes from above ground to bore a waythrough the earth, but at this stage a depth threetimes greater than that of the upper series is at-tained. ... Cougar Creek in its flow beneath Millbridge passes through the Auditorium, and as itfalls 75 feet in a distance of 200 feet, from itsentrance beneath Mill bridge to the Auditorium,the chamber is replete with its roar. , . Faintdaylight enters through the passageway of thewaters and serves to make the surroundings lookdim and mysterious. The frosts of winter alsoreach this spot, and in the spring stalactites andstalagmites, formed of huge icicles, are seen incolumnar groups surrounding
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