SEPTEMBER, 2003 NEWSLETTER

Peakfinder Updates
 The collection of photos to accompany the written information on the website continues to be a priority. During the summer hundreds of new photos have been added, some replacing shots of poorer quality and others of mountains that previously did not have a photo on their page. About 850 of the peaks in the Canadian Rockies now have photos and about 500 of these have a second photo on the page.

A new feature now available is a "slide show" of the peaks over 11,000 feet. These mountains are, of course, a very special group. Click on "Play Slideshow" for a quick view of all of them.

Thanks to Tony Rees for information regarding the International Boundary Survey that has been incorporated into the website. Tony is currently writing a book about this important survey that reached to the continental divide in the Waterton Park area.

Thanks as well to Carl Potter for his beautiful portrait of Mount Bolton above Fording Pass, Paul Russell for his photos including one of Vermilion Peak, and Rob Taerum for a number of photos including peaks in the upper Spray Valley including Mount Leman and Mount Leval.

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Please note that all of the previous newsletters have been archived and are available on the site.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. 


September's Unusual Canadian Rockies Name

MASTODON MOUNTAIN
Arthur O. Wheeler thought that this mountain resembled a mastodon (an extinct, very large, elephant-like animal that lived in what is now Canada).
Enter "Mastodon Mountain" in the Finding Peaks search box to learn more about this mountain. 

Look who's honoured in the Canadian Rockies

VALAD
Glacier-clad, Mount Henry Macleod is the highest peak seen from Maligne Lake, and the lower, rock covered mountain just to its left was named after his Metis guide, Valad. Henry Macleod was the CPR surveyor who first saw Maligne Lake in 1875. Arthur Coleman named the mountain after him in 1902 but it was forty-four years later that the nearby peak was named for his guide. Valad made some efforts to retain the original names given to features by the natives or the early Metis in the Athabasca Valley area. While guiding Sir Sandford Fleming, the great Canadian scientist and railway executive, he had discussions with Sir Sandford regarding, "the old local titles of the mountains..., but every passer-by thinks that he has a right to give his own and his friends' names to them over again."
For information about Valad Peak enter the name in the "Finding Peaks" search box on the main page.

September's Esoteric List

THE MOUNTAINS OF WILLMORE
Mount Bazalgette, Big Shale Hill, Mount Braithwaite, Bury Ridge, Mount Campion, Cathedral Rock, Childear Mountain, Mount de Wind, Draco Peak, Mount Gaunce, Mount Harvey, Mount Holmes, Mount Hunter (Alberta), Interpass Ridge, Jackpine Mountain, Knife Mountain, Mount Laut, Llama Mountain, Mount Mawdsley, Mount McQueen, Mount Pauline, Perseverence Mountain, Mount Russell (Willmore), Saurian Mountain, Mount Swensen, Turret Ridge, Zebra Mountain
For information regarding any of these mountains enter the name in the "Finding Peaks" section on the front page.

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