Name/Title
StereographEntry/Object ID
2023.055.3.0235Description
A black and white stereograph. Image is of a man looking back at the top of a glacier. Above the image "T202 (Star)" is printed, below the image "13802T Among the Jagged Ice Peaks of the Illecilewaet Glacier, British Columbia, Canada." is printed, to the left of the image "Keystone View Company COPYRIGHTED Manufacturers MADE IN U.S.A. Publishers" is printed, to the right of the image "Meadville, Pa., New York, N. Y., Chicago, Ill., London, England." is printed. On the reverse the following is printed:
13802
JAGGED ICE PEAKS OF THE ILLECILLEWAET GLACIER, B. C., CANADA
The fractured and fissured surface stands out more plainly because the human figure in the foreground gives us a means of estimating the height of tis ice pinnacles. This near view shows the amount of dust which the wind carries even to such heights as this.
The Illecillewaet Glacier here shown is in British Columbia in the Selkirk Range. Our knowledge of the glaciers of these mountains is not very complete as yet. The building of the Canadian Pacific has made it possible for people to visit this region, and there is reason to believe from the reports of hunters, prospectors and others, that our knowledge of the ice fields will be greatly extended, and that many fine exmaples of glaciers of the Alpine type will be found in the higher moutnains.Of the explored glaciers Illecillewaet is the bst known; Sir Sandford Glacier, the longest (seven miles).
The Selkirks are far more Alpine in appearance than the Rocky Mountains. This is due to their rock composition and the greater glaciation casued by heavier precipitation from the prevailing west winds. The very mountain climber before us, who judging from dress and features, is probably a native of the Alpine regions of Euriope, adds the Swiss effect of the scene as a whole. As a matter of fact the Canadian Pacific Railway Coompany brought to this region a number of Alpine giuides from Switzerland in order that romantic interest as well as safety should be proffered to tourist mountain climbers.
This section of the country is near the boundary line of the province of Alberta, and also not far from the northern border of the State of Washington. British Columbia, after Quebe, is the largest province of Canada.
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