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Title: The dominion of Canada, with Newfoundland and an excursion to Alaska : handbook for travellers
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Karl Baedeker (Firm)
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Publisher: Leipzig : K. Baedeker
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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isable to secure rooms inadvance. — Geand View Villa (5200 ft.; view), at the Upper Hot Springs^with the sulphur-baths, physician, and nurses (comp. p. 260); SanitaeiumHotel, near the Middle Spring, V2 M. from the railway-station, $2-4;Albeeta, unpretending, $2; King Edwaed , near the railway-station,$H/2-2; Windsoe. — Private Boarding Souse, $ 1, near the station. Omnibus from the railway-station to Banff Springs Hotel 50c, to Sani-tarium Hotel 25c. — Carriage for 1 pers. $1 for first nr., 50c. for eachaddit. hr.; each addit. pers. 25 c. per hr.; seat in carriage to Lake Minne-wanka and back $2. — Saddle Horse. 75c. for first hr., 50c. for each addit.hr., $ 2 per half-day, $ 3 per day (10 hrs.). Guides. The C.P.R. Co. has recently stationed some experienced Swissguides in the National Park, the regular charge for whose services is $ 2l/2per half-day, $ 5 per day. — Outfits for extended mountain-trips may beprocured from D. W. Peyto, J. Simpson, T. E. Wilson, or /. Brewster.
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ROOKY MTS. PARK. 52. Route. 259 Banff (4520 ft), a village with about 800 inhab., splendidlysituated in the valley of the Bow, among the giants of the Rocky Mts.,is the station for the Rocky Mts. Park of Canada and one of themost charming summer-resorts on the American continent. Thevillage lies a little to the S. of the railway-station. Immediately tothe N. rises Stony Squaw Mt. (6160 ft.) , to the right of whichfrowns the massive Cascade Mt. (9825 ft.). To the E. are Mt. Inglis-maldie (p. 262) and Mt. Peechee (p. 262). The low isolated elevationin the S.E. foreground is Tunnel Mt. (p. 260), to the S. of whichtower the peaks of Mt. Rundle (p. 262). To the right of the last, onthe other side of thQ Spray, are the Sulphur Mts. (7485-8030ft.),beyondwhich protrudes the N. end of the Bourgeau Mts. (7820-9510 ft.) ;while to the W. we look up the Bow Valley to Pilot Mt. (p. 268)and other summits of the main range of the Rocky Mts. Numeroussummer - cottages have recently been built in the pi

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