"CONTENTdm"@en . "Travel and tourism on the C.P.R."@en . "Canadian Pacific Railway Company"@en . "Travel"@en . "Tourism"@en . "Hotels"@en . "Tourism--Canada"@en . "Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection"@en . "Canadian Pacific Railway Company. Canadian Pacific Hotels. Chateau Lake Louise"@en . "2016-03-03"@en . "1927"@en . "Pamphlet promoting activities at Chateau Lake Louise and surrounding area."@en . ""@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/chungtext/items/1.0226225/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " in the Canadian Pacific Rockies\nCHATEAU LAKE LOUirE\nACANADIAN PACIFIC H Issued by\nTHE CHATEAU\nLAKE LOUISE\nA Canadian Pacific Hotel\nCONTENTS\nPage\nThe Discovery of the Lake 2\nThe History of the Chateau 3\nThe Beginning of the Rockies 3\nGlaciers. 5\nOpening Up of the Mountains 5\nWhat to do at Lake Louise 6\nThe Color of the Lake 7\nWild Flowers. .;...... 8\nTrail Riding and Mountain Climbing 9\nThe Lakes in the Clouds 10\nMoraine Lake... 10\nThe Saddleback.. 11\nMount St. Piran 11\nVictoria Glacier and Abbot Pass... 12\nParadise Valley 12\nA Map of Lake Louise and Its Vicinity.. 14 and 15\nPtarmigan and Phacelia Lakes 16\nLake O'Hara 17\nLonger Trips , 17\nSome Real Climbs 18\nWild Flowers and Creatures 18\nThe Mountain Pony 18\nTrail Riders' Association 20\nBungalow Camps Circle Trip 22\nTo Mystic Lake 22\nWhat to Wear 22\nMotor Trips 24\nBanff-Windermere Road 25\nThe Kicking Horse Trail 26\nAutomobile and Pony Tariff.. 26 to 28 i\nThe Swimming Pool, Chateau Lake Louise\nThe central jewel of the Canadian Rockies\nis Lake Louise\u00E2\u0080\u0094a gleaming emerald in a setting of snow-\ncrowned majestic mountains, with a pale jade glacier, a\nmillion years old, at one end, the most charming of\nmodern hotels at the other, and all around purple hills\nwhere pines and spruce trees keep the world away, and\nwhisper peace.\nPerhaps you have dreamed of this place for years, yet\nnever have conceived of beauty such as this which lies in\nthe haunted lake, or on the gleaming mountain peaks.\nYear after year you may revisit Lake Louise and compare\nit, again and again, with the graven image you always\ncarry in your heart, but as you gaze upon it, whether for\nthe first or the hundredth time, you gasp with sheer\nwonder that its loveliness can have exceeded so far your\nown cherished hopes, or your precious memories.\nIts Exquisite Reflection\n\"Louise\" is a lake of the deepest and most\nexquisite colouring, ever-changing and defying analysis.\nPrinted in Canada\u00E2\u0080\u00941927 Lake Louise, from the Chateau\nShe has many moods and will always surprise you; you\nwill never exhaust her infinite variety, though you watch\nher from hour to hour, day to day, moment to moment.\nThis lake in whose depths is reflected sombre forests,\nsnow-crowned peaks and the great vault of heaven\nresponds to every subtle change of atmosphere. You\nmay watch it pass from the rose of dawn to the colour\nof the purplish twilight shadows, and thence to deep\nazure struck with stars, or to the shimmering silver of a\nmoon-lit evening\u00E2\u0080\u0094and there will always be a picture\nmore beautiful than the last.\nThe Discovery of the Lake\nIt was Tom Wilson, a western pioneer, who\nfound this lovely gem among the pine-clad mountains.\nThe story goes that Wilson, who was in camp near Laggan\nin 1882, heard the roar of an avalanche, one day, and\nwas informed by some Stony Indians that the sound was\nthunder from the big snow mountain above the \"Lake\nof Little Fishes.\" The next day Tom visited the Lake\nand the wonder of the scene left him breathless. The\nname of the lake was later changed to \"Louise,\" in honour\nof the Princess Louise, a daughter of Queen Victoria, and\nwife of the then Governor-General of Canada, the late\nDuke of Argyll.\nPage Two The Lakes in the Clouds\nThe History of the Chateau\nIt was about 35 years ago that the Canadian\nPacific Railway built an unpretentious log inn, with\naccommodation for a few guests, on the shores of the lake.\nSome years later a bigger building was erected higher up\non the slope from the lake, and this has been repeatedly\nenlarged to meet the demands of an ever-increasing\nstream of tourists, until to-day a fire-proof modern and\nluxurious hotel, with accommodation for seven hundred\nguests, has replaced the humble chalet. This no doubt\nwill require enlargement as time goes on, and the architects\nhave planned accordingly. The Chateau Lake Louise\nnow offers every comfort and opportunity for recreation\nto its guests; the bed-rooms are very comfortable, the\npublic rooms large and artistically furnished; while\nattached to the hotel are two fine tennis courts, one\nclay and one board, and a big outdoor swimming pool,\nwith glacial water heated to a comfortable temperature.\nA fine orchestra furnishes music for dancing in the evenings.\nThe Beginning of the Rockies\nBut Lake Louise and the giant mountains\nsurrounding it, with their tremendous caps of eternal\nsnow, existed for millions of years before Tom Wilson\nfound them, or the Canadian Pacific broke its way through\nPage Three The Tea House at Lake Agnes\nthe mountains. When you think of the dateless centuries\nthrough which these gaunt grey peaks have looked out\nacross the plain, your own life seems as ephemeral as that\nof the butterflies fluttering over the poppies. In the\ncalendar of the mountains, a thousand years are as one\nday, and our little civilization as a watch in the night.\nIt is even more awe-inspiring to imagine a time when\nthe Rockies weren't here at all. That was long ago,\nbefore the jelly-fish and the brachiopod ever squirmed in\nthe Cambrian slime, and the place where these great\nmountains now stand was the floor of an inland sea.\nThe western limit of this sea was the Selkirk range on\nthe shores of the great continent of Cascadia, which\nstretched almost to where China is to-day, and its eastern\nlimit was probably somewhere near Lake Huron. Through\ncountless centuries mud poured into this sea from Cascadia\nuntil a bed 50,000 feet thick was formed. During the\nCarboniferous period, as the result of tremendous pressure\nexerted from the west, the floor of the ocean began to\nrise; slowly it rose through the millions of years which\nfollowed, until there was a great swamp, where huge\ndinosaurs wallowed in luxurious content. Then again, at\nPage Four Mount Lefroy from the Trail\nthe end of the Age of Reptiles, there was another tremendous thrust which crumpled up the rocky crust, folded it\nand lifted it miles high in the air. No sooner were the\nmountains uplifted than the forces of destruction began\nthe work of tearing them down. Wind and frost split\nup the rocks along the lines of striation and carved them\ninto sculptured forms.\nGlaciers\nThen for many thousands of years, frost and\nsilence held the mountains in their grip. Glaciers formed\nin the valleys, pressing down the heights with increasing\nforce and tearing the rocks as they came. For thousands\nof years the ice advanced, then receded to advance again.\nAfter countless ages the warmth came again and the\nFrost King went back to the Arctic, but many of the\nglaciers still remain, and it has been observed that they\nmove a certain distance from time to time. The glaciers\nof the Canadian Pacific Rockies, like those of some\nother countries, are nearly all in retreat, owing to lessening\nsnowfall and moderating climate.\nOpening Up of the Mountains\nItwas only a little more than one hundred years\nago that the Rockies came to the knowledge of the white\nPage Five\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 Lake O'Hara\nman. The Indian preceded him, but except for shelter\nfrom hostile tribes, or hunting, they avoided the mountains.\nMany names are linked with the opening of the Rockies\nto the world, among which are those of de la Verandrye,\nwho crossed the prairies in 1743, and Sir Alexander\nMackenzie, who, overcoming toil and hardship, made his\nway to the coast. The discovery of Kicking Horse Pass\nby Sir James Hector, geologist of the British expedition\nunder Palliser, and of Rogers Pass by Rogers, Engineer\nfor the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, were the\ntwo keys needed to unlock the Rockies. In 1885, when\nthe last spike in the junction of the eastern and western\ndivision at Craigellachie was driven by Sir Donald Smith\n(later Lord Strathcona), the West and East were at last\nlinked together.\nWhat to do at Lake Louise\nLake Louise is one of the principal points\nwhere the Canadian Pacific Railway has opened up the\nmagnificent country for the tourist. It is doubtful if\nany other spot in the mountains accommodates itself so\ngenerously to all tastes and capacities as does Lake Louise.\nIf you are hopelessly lazy, you may stroll down to the\nshore between beds of yellow Iceland poppies, and enjoy\nPage Six At Ptarmigan Lake\na perfect picture of the peaks encircling the Lake. From\nleft to right these are Saddleback (7,783 feet), Fairview\n(9,001 feet), Aberdeen (10,350 feet), Lefroy (11,220 feet),\nVictoria (11,355 feet), Collier, Popes (10,360 feet),\nWhyte (9,776 feet), The Devil's Thumb (8,066 feet),\nThe Needles, Big Beehive (7,440 feet), Niblock\n(9,754 feet), St. Piran (8,681 feet), and Little Beehive\n(7,110 feet). The leisurely walk along a good trail to the\nother end of the lake will prove a revelation of beautiful\nscenes; or you may take a little boat and row down to the\nsouthern landing and back; or again, you may look up\non either side to the towering cliffs and feel yourself\nvery insignificant indeed, or down, down in the clear,\nlimpid unfathomable depths, that are so marvellously\nsteeped in colour.\nThe Colour of the Lake\nA w o r d about this colour, which is so intense yet\nnever the same for two minutes in succession; which sweeps\nthe whole gamut of green, blue, violet, undershot by\nmarvellous tones of gold and silver, constantly altering\nfrom moment to moment. Geologists say that the brilliant colours of this mountain lake are due to glacial silt.\nThe colour depends upon the size of the particles; if they\nPage Seven mm**\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 .yyy\n'yy-y\nW\n...myx-m\nVictoria Glacier, from the Lower Trail\nare small they will reflect only the shorter rays of light,\nwhich are blue, and if they are larger they will send off\nrays of green. No one, however, seems to be able to\nsatisfactorily explain the changes of colour in Lake\nLouise, yet it would seem that this subtle mirror registers\nevery change in the atmosphere and the light, and so\ngives one picture under brilliant noon-day sun, another\nunder heavy clouds, and a thousand others at every\ntime of day.\nWild Flowers\nFor those who are eager to go out on the trail\nthere are many fine excursions around Lake Louise, and\nmillions of beautiful things to be seen. Thousands of\nmountain flowers bloom on the Alpine meadows, the fragrance of which is more virginal and fresh than that of lowland blossoms. On the high plateau myriads of Arctic\nAlpine plants, with big flowers and tiny leaves, find shelter\nfrom the gales beneath bent pine trees and a profusion of\ncreeping juniper. Here are Alpine harebells, Arctic\npoppies, and some of the wee yellow saxifrages, while\ncovering the lower altitudes you will find the mountain\nslopes thickly covered with scarlet Indian paint brush,\nPage Eight Looking down Abbot Pass towards Lake Oesa\nred and white mountain heath and heather, wild heliotropes, and the trailing vines of the lovely northern twin\nflower. Bordering the lake grow the little pink swamp\nlaurels, dainty wintergreens and fragrant orchids, and as\nyou follow up the trail at the southern end which leads\nto the foot of Victoria Glacier, vast numbers of false\nforget-me-nots, yellow arnicas and red-tasselled meadow-\nrues and the showy blossoms of the cow-parsnips fill the\nfloor of the valley where your pathway is edged by\nanemones, alumroots and gentians.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nTrail Riding and Mountain Climbing\nI f y o u are not used to mountain climbing, do\nnot be alarmed if you cannot mount the slope with\nalacrity and your heart thumps. It may do so simply\nbecause the air is thin up in the mountains, and until\nyou are well acclimatized to these altitudes it is better\nto walk leisurely, also you can rest awhile on one of the\nrustic log benches that are placed beside the path, with\ncare and appreciation of the artistic vistas one beholds\non every side.\nLivery agents are attached to the hotel, and sure-\nPage Nine Moraine Lake Bungalow Camp\nfooted mountain ponies may be had for the trail, by those\nwho care to ride.\nThe tariffs are approved by the Commissioner of\nParks.\nThe Lakes in the Clouds\nO n e o f the loveliest short climbs is to the Lakes\nin the Clouds\u00E2\u0080\u0094Mirror Lake and Lake Agnes. It is but\na short walk or ride up an excellent winding trail. Mirror\nLake lies a thousand feet above Lake Louise, and Agnes\nis a couple of hundred feet higher still. Up there the ice\nand snow seldom melt before July, and yet there are\nquantities of wild flowers blooming near the little tea-house\non the brink of Lake Agnes, with its flower-decked tables\nand a great log fire, which offers shelter and refreshments\nto climbers. If you are not too weary, it is possible that\nyou may go on from here to the top of Little Beehive,\nor up to the observatory on Big Beehive, but for these\nexpeditions it is best to be equipped with stout mountain\nboots.\nMoraine Lake\nMoraine Lake, lying exquisitely blue-green\nat the base of the Ten Peaks, which are all over ten\nthousand feet in height, is nine miles distant from the\nChateau. Motors leave the hotel twice daily for thi*\nPage Ten Trout Fishing at Moraine Lake\nbeautiful spot, or you may ride or walk along the excellent\nroad.\nThere is good fishing at Consolation Lake, two miles\nfurther on, and lunch and rods may be obtained at the\nBungalow Camp on the shore of Lake Moraine.\nThe Saddleback\nAnother excellent walking or pony excursion\nis up a good trail to the Saddleback, an altitude of 1,800\nfeet above Lake Louise. From an Alpine meadow on the\noass, a fine view of Paradise Valley is obtained, with dainty\n^ake Annette lying far below, and the gigantic guardian\npeaks, including Mount Temple, towering above. The\nvery contrast of the frowning walls which enclose it lend\nan additional charm to this fairyland at your feet. There\nis much to interest the traveller on this climb to Saddleback; quantities of Alpine flowers grow in abundance, and\nthe rocks give shelter to little marmots whose whistles\nfrequently startle the- unwary pedestrian. Saddleback\nalso has a tea-house which claims to be the highest in\nthe British Empire. From Saddleback there is an easy\ntrail to the summit of Fairview Mountain (9,001 feet).\nMount St. Piran\nAnother easy climb leads to Mount St.\nPiran, 3,000 feet above Lake Louise. Ponies for the St.\nPage Eleven r>\nOn the Banff-Winder mere Road\nPiran climb may be taken as far as Mirror Lake, but\nfrom there on, the trail must be made on foot.\nVictoria Glacier and Abbot Pass\nOne of the longer expeditions that can be undertaken by the novice, who must, however, be accompanied\nby a Swiss guide, is over Abbot Pass from the Victoria\nGlacier. It is well to start in the morning, taking the\ntrail round the west shore of the Lake, ascending the\nVictoria Valley and following the edge of Victoria Creek\nuntil you reach the foot of the glacier. The glacier is\nthree miles long, and half a mile wide, and there is much\nof interest such as glacier tables, moulins and seracs,\nthat your guide will be able to tell you all about. Most\npeople prefer to stop for the night at the comfortable hut\non Abbot Pass, and see a most glorious sunrise in the\nmorning. The trip may be continued to Lake O'Hara\non the second day.\nParadise Valley\nBetween Lake Louise and Moraine Lake lies\nParadise Valley, about six miles long, carpeted with\nPage Twelve The Giant's Step, Paradise Valley\nPage Thirteen WAPTA\nBUNGALOW\nCAPOP\nvv\n/\nMtKj&lock ^764' l^^\u00C2\u00A3ifor2^\nIl/L DevilsThumb-^ 5/?-:\nMtWhyte^\n9,786'\n^Pope's Pis\n10.376'\nvl\nPLAIN OF SIX-GL\nREST HOt^E \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nAV^FairvieJwrjMt\n/L-\nrfrH\n;&\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nv*tusi\nHOUSE c\nft'..\n\u00C2\u00A3^7993' A\nSheol Mtk/l }\nHaddo.Pb* *wvV-':it\nMtViqtoria\n11.585'\n*v\nVO\n^\n10.083' -7^\nMt^Aberdee\niio.3so; f\n^ Wiwaxy Ph\nMtHuber\n11.051'^L\n/-ALPINE\n4 HUT\n' 3598' g\n' Mt Lefroy\n11.230' *\nThe\n\\n7398'\nMt Yukness\n$9,352'\nLake Annette\nSM;Ten^plc\nPingrose\nJJ 10,765\nPt\nseshoe\nW/Arthur\n7359'\nMt Hungabee\n157'\nMt Biddle ?\n^10.888' cP\n#11.4'\n%Wenkchemn "Advertisements"@en . "Pamphlets"@en . "Alberta ; Canada"@en . "CC_TX_197_007_005"@en . 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