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II.—The Canadian Rockies. Part II: On some Rock-specimens collected by E. Whymper, Esq., F.R.S.E., in the Canadian Rocky Mountains
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 May 2009
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The Canada Pacific Railway crosses the watershed of the Rocky Mountains at Hector or, as it is sometimes called, Kicking Horse Pass, and the specimens brought back by Mr. Whymper represent a district extending for some twenty miles on each side of the track, either on or west of the divide. The first group was obtained from summits lying near the railway on its southern side. Of these Mount Whyte is about three miles from it on the divide, which is crossed by Pope's Col just to the north of that summit, and about a mile to the north-east of the latter rises Mount St. Piran. About 3½ miles south of Mount Whyte, Mitre Col leads from the Lefroy to the Horseshoe glacier, between Mount Lefroy, which is on the divide, and Mitre Peak on the eastern side of it.
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page 544 note 1 The numbers are those on Mr. Whymper's specimens, which may be understood to have been taken from rock in sitû, unless there is an express statement to the contrary.
page 546 note 1 For a description of these by Dr. H. Woodward see pp. 536 and 541.
page 546 note 2 For a description of the fossils on it see Dr. Woodward's paper, pp. 529–543.
page 550 note 1 Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., 1890, vol. xlvi, p. 213.Google Scholar