[PDF] Old Indian Trails Of The Canadian Rockies eBook

Author : Mary T. S. Schäffer
Publisher : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 21,33 MB
Release : 2011-05-04
Category : History
ISBN : 1897522495

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"We seemed to have reached that horizon, and the limit of all endurance, to sit with folded hands and listen calmly to the stories of the hills we so longed to see, the hills which had lured and beckoned us for years before this long list of men had ever set foot in the country." - Mary T.S. Schäffer Mary T.S. Schäffer was an avid explorer and one of the first non-Native women to venture into the heart of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, where few women - or men - had gone before. First published in 1911, Old Indian Trails of the Canadian Rockies is Schäffer's story of her adventures in the traditionally male-dominated world of climbing and exploration. It also sheds light on Native and non-Native relations at the early part of the 20th century. Full of daring adventure and romantic depictions of camp life, set against the grand backdrop of Canada's mountain landscapes, the book introduces readers to various characters from the annals of Canadian mountaineering history, including Arthur Philemon Coleman, Billy Warren, Sid Unwin, Bill Peyto and Jimmy Simpson. Old Indian Trails of the Canadian Rockies is certain to entertain and enlighten 21st-century readers, historians, hikers and climbers.

Author : Mary Townsend Sharples Schäffer
Publisher : Banff, Alta. : Whyte Foundation
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 34,31 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Alberta Description and travel 1906-1950
ISBN : 9780920608067

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Contains incidents of camp and trail life, cover two year's exploration through the Rocky Mountains of Canada. Also includes a previously unpublished account of the 1911 expediton to Maligne Lake.

Author : Mary T S Schaffer
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 35,22 MB
Release : 2022-10-27
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ISBN : 9781015906365

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Author : Mary Towsend Sharples Schaffer
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 47,8 MB
Release : 2017-11-23
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ISBN : 9780331753127

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Excerpt from Old Indian Trails: Incidents of Camp and Trail Life, Covering Two Years' Exploration Through the Rocky Mountains of Canada But the tide swept on: With jealous eyes we watched the silence slipping back, the tin cans and empty fruit-jars strew our sacred soil, the mark of the axe grow more obtrusive, even the trails cleared of the debris so hard to master, yet so precious from the fact it must be mastered to succeed. Where next? Driven from our Eden, where should our tents rise again? We were grow ing lost and lonesome in the great tide which was sweeping across our playground, and we longed for wider views and new untrammelled ways. With willing ears we listened to the tales brought in by the hunters and trappers, those men of this land who are the true pioneers of the country in spite of the fact that they have written nothing and are but little known. With hearts not entirely on pelts, they had seen and now told us of valleys of great beauty, of high unknown peaks, of little known rivers, of un-named lakes, lying to the north and north-west of the country we knew so well, - a fairyland, yet a land girt about with hardships, a land whose highway was a difficult trail or no trail at all. We fretted for the strength of man, for the way was long and hard, and only the tried and stalwart might venture where cold and heat, starvation and privation stalked ever at the explorer's heels. In meek despair we bowed our heads to the inevitable, to the cutting knowledge of the superiority of the endurance of man and the years slipped by. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Scha]ffer Mary T S (Mary Towns 1861
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 45,61 MB
Release : 2013-01
Category :
ISBN : 9781313623537

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Author : Emerson Sanford
Publisher : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 39,9 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781897522417

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"Life of the Trail" is a fascinating series that guides today's hikers and armchair travelers through the stories of historic routes in the Canadian Rockies. When authors Emerson Sanford and Janice Sanford Beck began backpacking together nearly 20 years ago, they often wondered whose footsteps they were retracing and how today's trails through the Rockies came to be there. In "Life of the Trail," they share their findings with adventurers and history buffs alike. "Life of the Trail 3: The Historic Route from Old Bow Fort to Jasper" starts at the remains of Peigan Post, originally built in 1832 and still visible today, located at the west end of the Morley Reserve. This entire route is now a contemporary road, but early in the 20th century the section north of Lake Louise was the main trail heading north and was very busy with pioneers, adventurers and explorers. The trail has been divided into three sections: Old Bow Fort to Lake Louise, Lake Louise to Sunwapta Pass and Sunwapta Pass to Jasper.