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pages 72-73

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Identifier ORU_WTXT_025ak http://oregondigital.org/u?/wwdl,310
Title pages 72-73
Relation The Columbia Unveiled
Date 2004-07-06
Rights This item is in the public domain. Acknowledgement of the University of Oregon Libraries as a source is requested.
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Description summers are not excessively warm; and considering the latitude and elevation—2,566 feet at the surface of the lake—as compared with the country east of the continental divide—and which is the case all over the \Vest—the winters are not extremely cold. The average winter depth of snow is about 18 inches. The air is pure, bracing, and healthy. The mountain views are grand and inspiring, beyond description, and many places of extreme interest, within the mountain fastnesses, can easily...

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