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Emerald Lake and Van Horn Range, British Columbia (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • Jonathan Braden said:
    How wonderful!! Such a virgin continent 106 years ago.
  • Emanuele Rinaldi said:
    Great landscape, I love it! Byeee!
  • Pixel Wrangler said:
    I love Yoho National Park! ;) Friends told me before I went that “it's so beautiful it will break your heart”. They were right!
    “A place of awe and wonder. These are the western slopes of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Towering rockwalls, spectacular waterfalls and soaring peaks earn the park its name; the word “Yoho” is a Cree expression of awe and wonder.” —Yoho National Park of Canada
    Powdered limestone in the silt carried by streams from melting glaciers high on the mountains is responsible for the deep, rich turquoise colour of Emerald Lake and Lake O'Hara.  
  • Pixel Wrangler said:
    @ LOC: There is a spelling error in the Detroit Publishing Company's title for this photochrom (no. “54002”). This s/b the Van Horne Range. There seemingly is little doubt the range was named for Sir William Van Horne. There are conflicting references as to who actually named the range for him. ● “In 1885-86, Dr. Vaux, the Alpine climber of Philadelphia, named the Van Horne Range of mountains in British Columbia for Sir William C. Van Horne” of Canadian Pacific Railway fame. —The Life and Work of Sir William Van Horne ● Sir William Cornelius Van Horne, KCMG (1843-1915) was President of Canadian Pacific Railway from 1888 to 1899. He is most famous for overseeing the major construction of the first Canadian transcontinental Railway. He was was also key in building the Cuba Railway in 1901. –Excerpted Wikipedia ● Parks Canada Map [PDF] Yoho National Park, with Van Horne Range identified. ● “Dr. Vaux, the Alpine climber of Philadelphia,” referred to above is likely George Vaux Jr. (1863-1927), or William S. Vaux Jr. (1872-1908). Along with their sister, Mary Vaux (1860-1940), the Vaux family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania were photographers, mountaineers and scientists. They saw the mountains of western Canada for the first time in 1887. Mary would later marry Dr. Charles D. Walcott, the noted geologist and invertebrate paleontologist, and former Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. [1] ● Van Horne Range (82N) – Description of Van Horne Range and William Cornelius Van Horne. “The name was chosen for the range by George Dawson (1849-1901)”.  
  • Pete (LOC P&P) said:
    Pixel Wrangler: it looks like you are correct about the spelling. We will update the record. Thanks.

C.P.R. Mount Stephen House, Field, BC, 1909

from Musée McCord Stewart Museum

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  • productive side said:
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Junction North and South Thompson Rivers, Kamloops, BC, 1887

from Musée McCord Stewart Museum