Canadian Alpine Journal/Volume 1/Number 2

CANADIAN ALPINE JOURNAL.

published by the
ALPINE CLUB OF CANADA
1908

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Printed by the Herald Job Printing Co., Limited, Calgary, Alberta.

COLONEL AIMÉ LAUSSEDAT

THE ALPINE CLUB OF CANADA

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Officers for 1908-1910

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Patron

Sir Sandford Fleming, C.E., K.C.M.G., LL.D., Ottawa, Ontario

President

Arthur O. Wheeler, F.R.G.S., Calgary, Alberta

Vice-Presidents

John D. Patterson, Woodstock, Ontario

Morrison P. Bridgland, Calgary, Alberta

Secretary

Mrs. H. J. Parker, 160 Furby St., Winnipeg, Manitoba

Executive Secretary

S. H. Mitchell, 567 Spence St., Winnipeg, Manitoba

Treasurer

C. W. Rowley, Manager Canadian Bank of Commerce, Calgary, Alberta

Librarian

Miss Jean Parker, 160 Furby St., Winnipeg, Manitoba

Advisory Board

Frank Yeigh, Toronto, Ontario

Stanley L. Jones, Calgary, Alberta

D. H. Laird, Winnipeg, Manitoba

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Applications for Active membership must be accompanied by a statement of qualification, duly attested.

Graduating members must qualify within two years of date of election.

All subscriptions are payable on the 1st of January in each year.

CANADIAN ALPINE JOURNAL

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CONTENTS—VOLUME I., No. 2.

MOUNTAINEERING SECTION
Three Attempts on Pinnacle. By P. D. McTavish	197
The First Ascent of Mt. Garibaldi. By A. T. Dalton	205
A Day on Sir Donald. By Frank W. Freeborn	211
Expedition to Lake O'Hara. By R. L. Glisan	216
Nature Benigna. Poem by Theodore Watts-Dunton. (From "The Coming of Love")	223
SCIENTIFIC SECTION.
The Causes of Mountain Forms in the Canadian Rockies. By A. P. Coleman, M.A., Ph.D., University of Toronto	224
Mt. Stephen Rocks and Fossils. By Dr. Chas. Walcott, Secretary, Smithsonian Institution	232
The Nature and Activity of Canadian Glaciers. By Prof. William Hittell Sherzer, Michigan State College	249
Botanical Notes.
The Orchidaceae of the Rocky and Selkirk Mountains. By Julia W. Henshaw	264
Flora of the Saskatchewan and Athabasca Rivers. By Mary T. S. Schaffer	268
Glacier Observations 1906-1907.
Motion of the Yoho Glacier. By Arthur O. Wheeler, F. R. G. S	271
MISCELLANEOUS SECTION.
Paradise Valley Camp. By Francis C. Walker	276
Untrodden Ways. By Mary T. S. Schaffer	288
The Alpine Club's Jubilee. By Arthur O. Wheeler, F.R.G.S.	295
In Memoriam.
Colonel Aime Laussedat. Biographical Sketch, by E. Deville, LL.D	310
Alpine Club Notes. Editorial	314
OFFICIAL SECTION.
Report of Secretary	320
Statement of Treasurer	324
Report of Librarian	325
Report of 1907 Camp	328
Report of Chief Mountaineer	329
Expeditions	330
Receipts and Expenditures, Paradise Valley Camp	334
MAP.
The Ice Forefoot of the Yoho Glacier. To accompany "Motion of the Yoho Glacier" by Arthur O. Wheeler	275

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