The Selkirk Range, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

A. O. Wheeler

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ISBN 10 : 1332786146 ISBN 13 : 9781332786145

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

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To the II tnourable i l Aiionit Sh-tcjx, K.C, A linistor of the I nterior, Ottawa, Out. SiK, I hav Lllie hniK.ur tu submit liic following account !a topographical survey of the portion of the Selkirk mountains adjacent to the line of the Canadian Pacific railway. It is accompanied by a brief review of travel and exploration, of previous surveys and of mountaineering in these regions. In tlie Appendix will be found :2sotes on the zoology, ornithology and botany by Professor John .M acoun, Dominion JS aturalist and Botanist; on the climatology by li. F. Stuj ari, Director of the Meteorological Bureau; extracts from a notion the geological structure of the Selkirk range by the late Dr. George 1. Dawson, Director of the Geological Survey of Canada; elevations along the line frailway n-fcrri tl to sealevel, accompanied by a profile, compiled by James White, Geographer to the Dej)artnient; a technical description of the railway through the range by li. B. Muckleston, one of the ctni)any sengineers; an account by A. L. Kogers of the finding ol liogers pass by Major Jlogers; and other matters ul interest to the subject in hninl. Jwo seasons have been s Kni uj Mnthe work, and it is JH j Kdthat the accompanying tox graphical nnip will fill all present reipiirements. The ground has been covered between licavermouth and Kevelstoke, from the eastern to the western s Iojh sof the range. At the latter point, a connection is ma le with J. J.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1332786146
• ISBN 13: 9781332786145
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 668
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