JULY/AUGUST 2002 NEWSLETTER

Peakfinder Updates

There's just too much going on in the summer so this newsletter will just have to last until September.

One of the projects for this summer is to make progress towards having photographs of all the peaks visible from highways. We're well along with 600 or so photos on the site but the weather has delayed things. However the Highwood Valley is now complete with good quality photos of all its peaks. Select "Peaks by Major Valley" if you'd like to have a look.

If you like looking at mountains from high places and are interested in how things have changed in the Rockies over the past century have a look at http://bridgland.sunsite.ualberta.ca/.

In 1915 Morrison Bridgland (You may read about him in our biographies section.) took 735 photos from 92 survey stations in Jasper National Park. In 1998 and 1999 members of the Bridgland Repeat Photography Project of the University of Alberta returned to all 92 stations and re-photographed all 735 images. The truly wonderful thing about all this is that the paired photos are readily available to all on the Internet. The foreground of some of the photos show small rocks etc. in the very same spot on both images, an indication of the effort to accurately complete this project.

Please note that all of the previous newsletters have been archived and are available on the site. If you're interested in other esoteric lists, unusual mountain names, etc. look through the earlier issues. 


July/August's Unusual Canadian Rockies Name

MOUNT ESTELLA

The name was intended to be the Spanish word for "rock." Even though it is not, the name was made official.

Enter "Mount Estella" in the Finding Peaks search box to learn more about this mountain. 
Look who's honoured in the Canadian Rockies

HENRY MORTON STANLEY

Henry Stanley's most famous expedition was to Africa where he searched for and found David Livingstone who was exploring in Africa and overdue. Dr. David Livingstone was a British explorer, geographer, and missionary who for thirty-two years travelled through Africa from the Cape to the equator and from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean.

Mount Stanley is adjacent to Mount Livingstone in the Clemenceau Icefield area.

For information about Mount Stanley enter the name in the Finding Peaks search box on the main page.
July/August's Esoteric List

MOUNTAINS NAMED AFTER SURVEYORS

This list includes well know professionals such as Edouard Deville who became Surveyor General of Canada in 1885 and achieved worldwide attention for his use pioneering use of photogrammetry in map making. It also includes lesser known members of survey parties such as Lawrence Gass who was killed in action during WW I.

 Mount Armstrong, Baril Peak, Mount Bridgland, Mount Cautley, The Colonel, Mount Cote, Mount Dennis, Mount Deville, Mount Gass, Mount Gorman, Mount Henry MacLeod, Mount Holcroft, Hugh Allan Ridge, Mount Knight, Mount Laussedat, Mount McArthur, Mount McPhail, Mount Morkill, Mount Peters, Mount Pierce, Mount Shanks

For information regarding any of these mountains enter the name in the "Finding Peaks" section on the front page.

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