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OCTOBER 2007 NEWSLETTER
| Peakfinder Updates
The peaks of the Lake Louise area are now available at high resolution through the Google Earth. They may be viewed through the option on Peakfinder's main page. There are many opportunities to confuse peaks with similar names. Here are a few: Beehive Mountain and The Beehive, Fortress Mountain and The Fortress, Whitehorn Mountain and Whitehorn, Caldron Peak and Cauldron Peak, Allan Peak, Mount Allan, and Mount Allen, two Aquila Mountains, two Mount Bryants, two Castle Mountains, Castle Peak, and Castle Rock, two Grizzly Peaks, two Holy Cross Mountains, two Mount Hunters, Mount Kain and Mount Kane, two Mount Kerrs, two Limestone Mountains, two Mount Livingstones, Mount Louie and Mount Louis, Mount Lyall and Mount Lyell, two Marble Mountains, two Marmot Mountains, two Mount Morrisons, Patterson's Peak and Mount Patterson, Philips Peak, Phillipps Peak and Mount Phillips, Redoubt Peak and Redoubt Mountain, two Mount Russells, two Saddle Mountains and Saddle Peak, Samson Peak and Sanson Peak, two Sheep Mountains, two Simpson Peaks, two Storm Mountains, two Teepee Mountains, Three Sisters and The Three Sisters, two Tombstone Mountains and two Wapiti Mountains. Hopefully the website helps with this. There are now 3400 photos on www.peakfinder.com and sometimes errors are made in their captions. Several Peakfinder users have located mistakes 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 daveb at peakfinder dot 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 Please note that all of the previous newsletters have been archived and are available on the site.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 CHARLES ASTLEY Charles D'Oyley Astley, together with his brother Willoughby, operated the CPR boat concession on Lake Minnewanka in the late 1800's. Willoughby Astley later moved to Lake Louise where he managed the Chateau. He is reputed to have named some of the features in the region of Lake Louise, such as Mount St. Piran, and Lake Annette. For additional information about Mount Astley enter the mountain's name in the appropriate search box on the main page. |