JANUARY, 2006 NEWSLETTER

Peakfinder Updates

We are constantly adding to the collection of photos available to visitors to the website. During December a number of photos taken by Sonny Bou were added. Sonny travels widely and regularly in the Rockies and documents his travels on his website at: http://www.ucalgary.ca/~ssbou/. Sonny's photos allow us to see a number of the mountains from a variety of viewpoints and different angles and we appreciate him sharing them with us. There are close to 2600 photos in the collection now. We still don't have any photos of several hundred of the peaks in the Rockies. For others we have as many as fourteen available. Mount Temple has the most at this time and two of them are courtesy Sonny Bou.

Thanks to Marta Wojnarowska, Peakfinder is being integrated with "Google Earth" and this provides an almost incredible way to look at the Canadian Rockies. We are just beginning with this but there is one temporary file available through Peakfinder. Google Earth presents a view of satellite photos that are draped over topography for the entire world. The angle of view may be adjusted as can the point of view. The resolution of the photos varies -it's best over big cities - but take a look at the area in the vicinity of Mount Hector in the Rockies. To me it's almost unbelievable.

The slideshow section is updated from time to time. Last month many of the photos in the Peaks of Waterton show were updated with better quality images. As well we're working on a photo tour of the Rockies seen by driving up the Bow Valley on Highways #1 and #93.

Check out the monthly panorama on the site. Previously they were photos from "50 Roadside Panoramas in the Canadian Rockies. Now we're using new colour photos from different locations.
As all the photos available on Peakfinder, sometimes errors are made in their captions. Several Peakfinder users have located errors and advised us so that they can be corrected. Please let us know if you find an error.
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Please note that all of the previous newsletters have been archived and are available on the site.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. 


January's Unusual Canadian Rockies Name

MOUNT REMUS
 The block shaped Mount Romulus is the northernmost peak seen from the Priddis area. Its lower neighbour, Mount Remus, lies just in front of it and is difficult to identify from the foothills and prairies. Both mountains are just to the north of the Little Elbow River, just across the valley from Mount Glasgow.

Romulus and Remus were the legendary founders of Rome. Twin sons of Mars and Rhea Silvia, they were abandoned and cast adrift on the Tiber, ultimately washing ashore where they were suckled by a wolf and fed by a woodpecker. They were then adopted by a shepherd and later founded the city that was to become Rome. Romulus surrounded it with a wall, but Remus in contempt jumped over it so Romulus killed him and reigned alone in the city which was named for him.

Enter "Mount Remus" to learn more about the mountain. 

Look who's honoured in the Canadian Rockies

ALFED EARNEST BARLOW
Dr. Alfred Ernest Barlow was a member of the Geological Survey of Canada and consulting geologist. Dr. Barow and his wife were drowned in the Empress of Ireland disaster in the St. Lawrence River in 1914.

 For information about Mount Barlow enter the mountain's name in the appropriate search box on the main page.

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