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FEBRUARY, 2005 NEWSLETTER
| Peakfinder Updates
During January the major focus has been adding photographs to the website. We now have well over 2000 available. The ability to have more than just two per peak makes it possible to present additional photos by three major contributors to Peakfinder. Check out Rienk Lakeman's fine photos of Mount Burns and Protection Mountain, Rob and Kathy Taerum's shots of Mount Hungabee and Mount McGillivray, and Allan Schierman's unusual photo of Mount McPhail in the Highwood Valley. Thanks to these three and all the photographers who have allowed us to use their photos. As many as ten photos are now available for some peaks. With the help of Tracey Preston-Hucik we now have ten photos of Centre Peak in the Livingstone Range. Thanks to Chris Goble who submitted an interesting anecdote related to Jack Street. Some refer to Mount Boswell in Waterton National Park as Mount Street. 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 Please note that all of the previous newsletters have been archived and are available on the site.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 esoteric lists, unusual mountain names, etcetera, browse through the earlier issues. |
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| Look who's honoured in the Canadian Rockies COLONEL AIME LAUSSEDAT Aimé Laussedat was greatly respected by Edward Gaston Deville, Surveyor General of Canada (see Mount Deville) from 1885 until 1924. Laussedat pioneered the use of photography as a surveying tool to map the city of Paris. He used unmanned balloons and kites from which he suspended his camera. Deville later refined and adapted his techniques for use in the mountains of Canada. For information about Mount Laussedat enter the mountain's name in the appropriate search box on the main page. |