APRIL, 2004 NEWSLETTER

Peakfinder Updates

 Thanks to Aaron Osicki for a number of photos of peaks in the Red Deer Valley.
If you have a favourite mountain photo or any information about the peaks of the Canadian Rockies that you would like included in Peakfinder please contact <dave@peakfinder.com>.

Please note that all of the previous newsletters have been archived and are available on the site.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. browse through the earlier issues. 


April's Unusual Canadian Rockies Name

CORONET MOUNTAIN
Named by Howard Palmer in 1923, Coronet Mountain has a snow formation near the summit which resembles the shape of a crown.
Read about Howard Palmer in the "Mountain People" section and enter "Coronet Mountain" to learn more about the mountain. 

Look who's honoured in the Canadian Rockies

ADAM JOACHIM
Adam Joachim accompanied Alfred J. Ostheimer on his 1927 exploration and climbing trip into the Columbia and Clemenceau Icefield area. He was responsible for the horses. In his book, "Every Other Day" Osheimer described Adam Jaochim as follows, "In one corner of the cook tent was huddled the figure of a man whose heavy features, coarse black hair, and clayish brown face were rendered even duskier by shadows from a black, demi-sombrero. He was a man of medium height, heavy for his build, and well along in years. . .He was a French Cree, more Cree than French; for his facial characteristics, his mental weapons, his ease of carriage, and his expertness with horse and pack savoured so completely of the Indian. Indeed, he was the match for anyone, and the conqueror of all in Jasper, at loading for the trail and finishing off with pack-covering and diamond hitch. He spoke rarely, but digested and pondered all that he heard."

For information about Adam Joachim or Alfred J. Ostheimer enter their names in the "Finding People" search box on the main page.

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