MARCH, 2004 NEWSLETTER

Peakfinder Updates

 Seven new Peakfinder Slideshows have been added to the site this month including one featuring one hundred of the best photos on the website.

We were delighted to hear from Larry McCormick, the grandson of James J. McArthur, the man referred to by Chic Scott in "Pushing the Limits -The story of Canadian Mountaineering" as Canada's first mountaineer. Larry passed along the date of J.J.'s death, a piece of information that has been missing from his grandfather's biography on the website.

Thanks to Bob Lampard for his help in telling the story of Mount Davidson, the peak that was officially named in 1935 but for some reason never placed on any of the maps. Bob and his Rotarian friends uncovered this and last summer completed the first recorded ascent of the peak. Read all about it by entering "Mount Davidson" in the "Finding Peaks" search box.

Several more photos from the Ken Jones Collection have been added to Peakfinder including a beautiful shot of Nigel Peak.
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Please note that all of the previous newsletters have been archived and are available on the site.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. 


March's Unusual Canadian Rockies Name

BUCEPHELAS PEAK
Bucephelas was the name of a horse which Dr. Cheadle rode through the Rockies in 1863. The original "Bucephelas" belonged to Alexander the Great and is said to have had a royal funeral after dying of his wounds at the age of thirty.
Read about Walter Cheadle in the "Mountain People" section and enter "Bucephelas Peak" to learn more about the mountain. 

Look who's honoured in the Canadian Rockies

GOODSIR BROTHERS
James Hector named the Goodsir Towers in 1859 to honour John Goodsir and his brother H.D.S. Goodsir. The mountain has two towers so Hector may have felt it appropriate to name the mountain after two brothers.

John Goodsir (1814-1867) was a Scottish anatomist and surgeon and professor of anatomy at the University of Edinburgh. He was one of the first who researched cell life. James Hector had studied at the University of Edinburgh.

Harry Goodsir, from Anstruther in Fife, was the medical officer on the infamous Franklin expedition to find the North-West passage. The expedition, under the command of Sir John Franklin, consisted of 129 men, aboard two ships, the Erebus and the Terror, which carried enough provisions for 3 years. They set out on 19 May 1845 and were sighted just over two months later in Baffin Bay.

For information about Goodsir Towers enter the names in the "Finding Peaks" search box on the main page.

March's Esoteric List

MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 10,800' AND 10,900'
Mount Mummery, Simon Peak, Poboktan Mountain, Mount Biddle, Mount Vaux, Mount St. Bride, Sunwapta Peak, Mount Stewart, Mount Ball, Eon Mountain, Mount Allen, Mount Bulyea, Mount Walker, Mount Scott, Dais Mountain, Rostrum Peak, Mount Mike, Mount Harris, Mount Perren (Siffleur)
For information regarding any of these mountains enter the name in the "Finding Peaks" section on the front page.

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