Excerpt from The Glittering Mountains of Canada: A Record of Exploration and Pioneer Ascents in the Canadian Rockies, 1914-1924 Athabaska Rivers. It is his desire to place on record the results Of three major expeditions into the moun tain area Of the Continental Divide between the Canadian Pacific and the Canadian National Rail roads, together with less strenuous excursions among some Of the beauty spots which every trans-canadian traveller should see. In this way it is hoped that a volume will have been produced alike Of interest to the leisurely excursionist and to the more strenuous climber Of peaks. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.