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[Mt. Fox and Mt. Dawson, Selkirk Mountains Alberta Canada]
Crossing the Selkirk Mountain Range completed the transcontinental Canadian Pacific Railway in 1885, connecting remote British Columbia by land to the rest of newly-unified Canada. Ten years of reconnaissance surveys on foot and horseback preceded…
[Crevasse Formation in Illecillwaet Glacier, Selkirk Mountains, Alberta, Canada]
The transcontinental Canadian Pacific Railway and the great hotels the firm built changed how people saw the mountains. Once considered a barrier to progress, the mountains were now viewed by many as a major tourist attraction. Canadian Pacific…