. Descriptive time tables; Soo-Atlantic, Soo-Winnipeg, Soo-Pacific, Soo-Spokane-Portland, Twin cities-Chicago, Chicago-Superior-Duluth-Ashland : scenic through car routes . ttractive to the climber. A trail crossing thebridge of the Kicking Horse, to the base of Mt. Bur-gess leads through a forest of spruce and balsam toa natural bridge of rock, under which the river poursin a cataract. Five miles farther along the sametrail is Emerald Lake, a lovely expanse of greenwater nestling in the forest to the rear of Mt. Burgessand completely surrounded by lofty peaks, whosegreen, ribboned glaciers ca
. Descriptive time tables; Soo-Atlantic, Soo-Winnipeg, Soo-Pacific, Soo-Spokane-Portland, Twin cities-Chicago, Chicago-Superior-Duluth-Ashland : scenic through car routes . ttractive to the climber. A trail crossing thebridge of the Kicking Horse, to the base of Mt. Bur-gess leads through a forest of spruce and balsam toa natural bridge of rock, under which the river poursin a cataract. Five miles farther along the sametrail is Emerald Lake, a lovely expanse of greenwater nestling in the forest to the rear of Mt. Burgessand completely surrounded by lofty peaks, whosegreen, ribboned glaciers can be seen protmding fromthe rocky cirques of the upper slopes. A chalethas been erected here for the accommodation of tour-ists wishing to spend some time at the lake, or to visit■ the great Yoho Valley which lies beyond. An excel- Ifent trail has been cut round the end of the lake andflip the gravelly sa4dle of rock to the right, where one * passes through a forest into the very lap of the sum-mits. A tarn lies in the center of this upland mead-ow and tliei trail leads to its right hand margin, a ^ • sli«J^r^^<b*p of 2,000 feet into the gorge of the marvel-. 16 Soo-Pacific True Scenic Route, STATIONvS ous Takakkaw Falls. These surpass anything in theknown world, nearly ten times higher than enormous volume of seething, boiling water rush-es over the precipice on the far side of the narrowgorge and shatters down the rock side in clouds offoam, a sheer drop of 1,200 feet, with a broken, boil-ing cascade for another 500 feet. Glaciers can beseen banking the surrounding precipices and feedingthis great torrent. The Takakkaw Falls are one ofthe most wonderful views in the mountains andought not to be missed by any tourist, especially asthey can be reached by one days ride from Field, andthe great Yoho Canyon and Twin Falls can be reachedin another day. The pony trail here passes directlybelow the ice falls of a series of fine glaciers whichcover the east face of
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