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pages 84-85

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Identifier ORU_WTXT_025aq http://oregondigital.org/u?/wwdl,316
Title pages 84-85
Relation The Columbia Unveiled
Date 2004-07-07
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 Image Caption: SWISS GUIDES' VILLAGE NEAR GOLDEN --page break-- Golden is the northern terminus of the Kootenay Central Railway (a part of the Canadian Pacific system) which there connects with the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway, which has come from the east, over the Continental Divide and down the Kicking Horse River, known to the Indians as the "Wapta." At the head of the Kicking Horse are the celebrated spiral railway tunnels. As the summit is approached from the west...

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