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Editor's note about the maps:The detail of the maps cannot be readily seen on these reproductionsor the original scans from which they came.
Editor's note about the maps:
The detail of the maps cannot be readily seen on these reproductionsor the original scans from which they came.
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FOOTNOTES:[1]Increased in 1914 to 4,400 square miles.[2]This has since been done, the present area of the park being 423 square miles.[3]Since the above was written Howard Palmer'sMountaineering and Exploration in the Selkirkshas been published, making a very important addition to the scanty literature on the subject.
[1]Increased in 1914 to 4,400 square miles.
[2]This has since been done, the present area of the park being 423 square miles.
[3]Since the above was written Howard Palmer'sMountaineering and Exploration in the Selkirkshas been published, making a very important addition to the scanty literature on the subject.
Transcriber's noteObvious punctuation and spelling errors repaired.Several compound words had dual spellings: They were changed to the predominant form as follows:châlet→chalet (p. 87 (twice))campfire→camp-fire (p. 213)foot-holds→footholds (pp. 206, 207)foot-hills→foothills (p. 208)hand-holds→handholds (p. 207)head-waters→headwaters (p. 76)hill-side→hillside (pp. 186, 255)north-east→northeast (p. 53)north-west→northwest (pp. 53 (twice), 59)south-east→southeast (p. 59)south-west→southwest (p. 104)spellbound→spell bound (p. 176)water-fall→waterfall (p. 270 twice)wildflowers→wild-flowers (p. 55)Other changes:Hasler to Häsler (pp. 138, 139)Schäffer to Schaffer (pp. 26, 187)Repeated chapter titles have been removed resulting in a page number missing at the start of each chapter.Paragraphs split by pictures were rejoined above the pictures.
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