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OCTOBER, 2005 NEWSLETTER
| Peakfinder Updates
A friend who was very interested in photography and in mountains once suggested that it would be an excellent lifetime project to complete a thorough photographic study of Castle Mountain. He realized that it would take a very long time to capture all the various foregrounds and all the angles, in all the seasons, in all types of weather, and in all the different lighting conditions. Although it's only a very small fraction of all the possibilities, we now have eleven photos of Castle Mountain (fourteen if you include Eisenhower Peak) on the website. If you have others that would add to the collection please send them along. We've only scratched the surface of what my friend Mike was contemplating. There are twelve photos of Mount Temple, nine of Mount Robson, eight of Mount Victoria, and only seven of Mount Assiniboine. 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 Please note that all of the previous newsletters have been archived and are available on the site.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. |
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Enter "Mount Simla" to learn more about the mountain. |
| Look who's honoured in the Canadian Rockies Lt. Frederick Harvey VC Born in Ireland in 1880, Lieutenant (later Brigadier) Frederick Maurice Watson was a resident of Fort Macleod, Alberta. He served with the Lord Strathcona’s Horse as part of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during World War I. On 27 March, 1917, the regiment was part of an attack at Guyencourt, France. The leading troop, commanded by Lt. Harvey, had suffered heavy casualties from rapid fire at close range. He was riding in front of his men when he came upon a wired trench containing a machine-gun and a strong garrison. He at once swung from his saddle and ran straight for the trench, jumped the wire, shot the gunner and captured the gun. He was awarded the Victoria Cross for his efforts. Lt. Harvey survived the war, passing away in Calgary in 1980. For information about Mount Harvey enter the mountain's name in the appropriate search box on the main page. |