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Zurich Herald, 1928-06-21, Page 3Canadian National Parks Offer Charming Recreation Features Great Peaks, Entrancing Scenery and Plenty of Fish and ' 'Game Are Among the Many Attractions Awaiting . • Visitors to Beautiful, Country . Canada has a system of fourteen the Ten PeaIce.ikany journey from . . natibual parks, created and edentate- Banff .to the Pyeamid-topped Assiu1. tered by the • Federal Government. boine Mountain, which. has an altitude 'Teu of therm Canadian national parks of 11,870 feet, and which, because are in theWestern portion or the of its shape and the difilculty of climb. Dominion. Seven of them, the best Ing it, has been called "the Canadian known, are in the Canadian Rockies Matterhorn.' and. the Selkirks, and may be reached There are scores of walks, drives by rail or auto. e and trails of unusual interest around •These mountain parks, though some- Banff, as well as golf courses and ten - what less accessible, are as beautiful nis courts. The region . also contains and impressive. Containing virtually hot springs and other water phe- what less accessible, are beautiful and nomena, and great numbers of small Impressive, containing virtually all the lakes and streams. scenic features displayed in the parks .At the top of the divide begins Yoho farther south. In the Canadian Rock- • Park. At Present the chief accommo• les there are some of the greatest ' dation here is the Yolio Camp, near peaks and roughest country in the Takakkaw Falls,inthe Yoho Valley. .chain. More than 600 prominent peaks The valley itself has several beautiful .are contained M the areas set aside falls, and the park contains unusual for park purposes. 1lakes, among them the Eemerald The seven Canadian parks in the Lake, which owes it beauty to the Rockies are: Jasper Park, in north- peculiar color of its waters and the ern Alberta, with an area of 4,400 jade green forest on every shore. square miles; Waterton Lakes Park,' Age of Mountains Told in southern Alberta, with an area of' The Selkirk Mountains, in which 2,200 square miles, adjoining Glacier . lies Glacier Park, are much older National Park, in the United States; than the Rockies along the rest of four others through the central Rock the Continental Divide.. Consequently les and . the Selkirks—Rocky monn- they are less rugged, and present teur fishermen find excitement, pleas - tains, Yoho, Glacier and Mount Revel- kindlier contours. Hundreds of gla- ure and profit in the coast waters. stoke, and the new highway uark tiers hang, however, in their moun- The coast fishing is almost equalled established along the Vermilion-Koote- glacial pools and many waterfalls. in sporting possibilities by the inland nay section of the Transmontane , Several of the peaks are extremely fishing in this province. Trout fishing motor road, called Kootenay Park. 'rugged and many have not yet been n the upper tribu'taries of the Fraser Supervised by Government I climbed. There• is also unexplored and Thompson and in the lakes of These areas are under- direct Gov- territory in this region. lesser streams of the Columbia water- ernment supervision and control, to 1 Hunters and fishermea find the shed is not better anywhere. A steel - protect scenery and wild life from de- Rocky Mountain sections of Canada, •head trout is found in this province struction or commercial exploitation.'es well as the so-called prairie prov- Which is similar in appearance to "Under similar administration, but con- inces—Manitoba, Alberta and Sas-Europeansalmon, and often mistaken trolled by the Provincial Government katchewan—rich fields for game. The for it. They run from four to twenty of Columbia, is the Provincial Pork of prairie provinces are not all prairie. 'pounds in weight. Two species of Mount Assiniboine, -which lies between Western Alberta is as mountainous as ' char are found, as well. as the Dolly the Rock Mountain Park and. Koote- i British Columbia, and there game is iVarden or bull trout, ranging in weight nay. !abundant and of many different kinds. up to thirty pounds. All of these parks contain somewhat The national parks are the home of I Vancouver Island is also a popular similar scenery; it is a country of . mountain sheep, goats, deer and other ,fishing resort. Virtually every stream stupendous 'cliffs and peake; and •cleeiv'game animals, and from these totally' and lake on the island -ccintalus some narrow canyons: Scores af glaciers protected - areas the game ' overflows, variety of trout. Lane fish are caught stream, off the. peaks, 'creating un- 'keeping the sections where hunting in the lakes by trolling, but there is counted milky and jade -green lakes in -is allowed well stocked from season no trout water in British Columbia the valleys •below. Large portions of to season. • ,where the fish will not take a fly. As these parks and surrounding -areas Although the hunting' of buffalo is a rule, larger fish are caught on the have never been thoroughly explored; 'a thing of ' the past, many' huntsmen fly••in ,the streams than in lakes. it is possible that some valleys and make a visit to Buffalo Park, at Wain- -----Ce-e--- caeyons have not yet been entered wright, `Alberta, where the largest by white men. Accurate maps of this buffalo herd in the world roams a vast section ehow many blank spaces, and fenced conline. This area has been little known areas which may contain ' designated as a national park. undiscovered wonders. 1 The outstanding game feature of We terton Lakes Park, which adjoins ithe prairies is water fowl. This is the Glacier National Park in northern the heart of the water fowl breeding Montana, is similar to the Glacier ground of North America, and geese region.' Farther north the Canadian and ducks are found in such numbers Rockies rise to even greater heights. that hunters from less favored places The driving of railroads through them 'are -amazed. Besides the ducks and alone was a triumph of engineering. geese there are sharp -tailed grouse and prairie chicken. The Hungarian partridge has been introduced in southern Alberta and has been found in Saskatchewan. The mule deer ranges eastward wherever there is cover, and the white - mountains, and parks have -many tail deer is found across the three camps where trail trains may rest for prairie provinces and on to the coast. the night or longer periods. The Three-quarters of Manitoba and the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies, northern two-thirds of Alberta and an organization of trail enthusiasts Saskatchewan are wooded, poplars formed to increase interest in. this predominating in the south and coni - form of out-of-door recreation, has ar- fers northward. Moose, caribou and ' ranged many interesting trips, and deer are obtainable in all three. guides may be found in the parks to 1 In British. Columbia many moose lead parties who wish to strike out are to be found, some of them in areas on trails of their own. comparatively close ' to settlements Of all the parks, Jasper is the and easily reached. Much hunting sex will not cease its agitation largest. Despite its tremendous size, :in this region is reached only by Winnipeg Tribune (Ind. Cons.): It until its senatorial rights have been has been contended . . . that it does there is only one centre of population, pack -train, however—an expensive and not much mattee what stock admitted. Jasper, within its boundaries. There arduous method of travel. Prince cornes to Canada so long as it is healthy and are no motor roads, leading in or out ' George is the centre of big game of the park. The Portion which has hunting as far as the easily accessible willing to work. The fact is, how - been most developed for recreational , areas go. There are deer wherever ever, that the work of the "man in purposes. is that lying near Jasper 1 there is cover, and hunters may find and the Canadian National Railway, moose, caribou, black bear and grit - And the National Railway has estab-;zlies without getting too far out. Men lished a lodge incside the park, three of means, who desire excellent hunt - miles from its station, where many1ing in a freeh country frequently fit visitors stay, Within the park there up pack-traihs at Prince George and are good motor roads, radiating from 'strike out for Telegraph Creek, but the lodge to points of interest in the this trip is beyond the ambitions of region, and there are provinces for ' most vacation hunters. those who - prefer mountain climbing . British Columbia .is the mecca of or trail riding to motoring in the park. saltnon fishers. Commercially 40,000, - The park also has a golf' course of 000 sexton bred in British Columbia unusual beauty, and . it has been said waters are taken annually for food that this region will sortie day become purposes. Both professional and ama- Oaf King is At tioine in The Saddle HIS MAJESTY PAYS A VISIT TO ALDERSHOT Children and their guardians get a glimpse of King George and his suite leaving to see the Lancers' remount Longbottom. training camp at The journey through Kootenay Park, along the Vermilion River road, is an unforgettable excursion through rug- ged mountains. For more adventurous visitors, many pack trips are possible through the "A short shoe is often responsible for the same kind of an answer." British Settlers for Canada Cockney Agitator "Exposes" British "Capitalist" Press The Prince of Wales Shoveling Coal Aboard an Oil -Burning Warship Give Rise to Doubts With the possibility of a national stoked coal for twenty minutes by the election fn England, the labor agita- tors are active in Hyde Park and other favored spots of London where the soap -box orator and the tub thumper are always assured an audienoe. Their methods and logic are only one de- gree less entertiuing and picturesque than their language. Recently a visitor to London paus- ed to listen to •a- harangue by one of them.- Donouncing everything capi- talistic, the orator finally worked up in his peraration to an attack on the "calaltalist" press. The closing aie7 peal to 'the audience, as the visitor guns the quewantity of its cerew and clock, friends—fer twenty minutes. by the clock. "Well, wot did I do when I saw that there notice? I asks yer, wot did I do? Well, I'll tell yer wot 1 done. yent to the Nivy list. The Nivy list iTich cannot lie. The Nivy list in with the British Admiralty puts down all ehere is to know about a ihip. The amount of its displicement, the number of its gtine, the quewahtity of its cerew. "I turned to the cerrect plge. There 1 sees the words ''is Majesty's Bat- tleship the Renown.' I see the amouat of its displacement, the number of its recalls it, ran something like Von: "And ma, friends, I wants to tell yer somethin' abaht the British Press.. Nah, what abaht the British. Press? Well, I'll tell yer abaht the British Press. When 'is Royal 'Ighness the Prince of Wiles wis travellin' on 'is Majesty's Battleship the Reliown, to the uttermost regions of the Hempire, friends, of the Hempire, there appear- ed in one o the illustrated pipers, you know wioh, a photer of 's Royal 'Igh- ness the Prince of Wiles, an' une•r- nea,th that there photo it said that 'Is Royal Ugliness the Prince of Wiles 'ad gone down ter the stoke'old of 'is Majesty's Battleship the Renown and wot did I see besides? asks, friends, wot did I see at the bottom of that there parrigrapb.? I repeats, I asks yer, wot did I see? Well, I'll tell yer wot I saw, I saw them significant words `oil-burnin' "So, friends, 'is Royal 'Ighness the Prince of Wiles, went down to the stoke'old of an oll-burnin' ship and stoked coal fer twenty minutes by the clock. Did 'e? 1 asks yer did 'e? Er corse, didn't. Well, if the British Press' tell lies abaht the little things, wat me an' you can find them out in, 'ow much more will they tell lies abaht the big things, wot it paseth the wit o' man to comprehend!" Saint -Cyr Keeps Bed Ready For Prince of Wales Parls.—The Prince of Wales re- cently sent to General Balfourler, Governor of the great milltarY school at Salat-Cyr, the French West Point, a -cheque for 1,000 francs. A. personal note of gond wishes to the General accom- panied the cheque, The. Prince holds the honorary rank of "enspessard," corporal, 10. the French school, and his bed and equipment are always kept ready for him in case he should feel in- clined to sleep at Saint -Cyr on some of his numerous visits to Paris. He has never taken advantage of the free bed yet. "Just to take care of my equip - anent and bed and a little tip for the orderlies," the Prince wrote when asked as to what disposition should be made of the moneY. Britain Uncovers 11,..r an Sculpture at Colchester ^ _ • -- Women Senators Calgary Herlad (Cons.): If women are eligible to sit in the Canadian Commons and assist in framing the laws, of the country in that lower house of law makers, there would seem, to be. no logical bar to their presence in the upper chamber, And we may take it for granted that, even though it may mean an amendment to the British North Ainerica Act, the British Films Hamilton Spectator (Ind, Cons.): 'Shell you send your son to lege?" the„sheepekin. coat" is not nearly so , If British -macre films do not "click in "No, I can't afford it, but 'productive as that of native Cana. this Dominion of ours, in justice to bought him a Racoon coat!" diens or Britishere. The presence British producers it should be said of an undue proportion of such work; they ha-ve sent us less celluloid junk At a oertain public school the boys ars, handicapped bY leak of skill, than has been shipped across the bor- a d es, The re- were caught gambling and playing cards. At the time when the punish- ment was to take place the master spent some time in selecting and try- ing his. birch. The youug eard-playe ers, watching the master selecting his birch, began to shuffle with un - Maybe so, but what man cares, to easiness. The meter, noticing this, run the risk of being mistaken for a,1exclaimed: "That's right, lads; you shuffle, and riicut!" a great golf resort. Comfort for Visitors Similar arrangements for the com- fort and convenience ot visitors are available in the four parks of the cen- tral Rockies, whicli are all reached by the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway. These feta' parks cover total of abbut 4,000 square miles, anti offer scenic areas similar to those of jasper and Waterton Lakes Parks, Rocky Mountains Park, with an area ot 2,751 square miles, is, the largest of the four. It stretches from the foothills to the crest of the Rockies on the oast side. Yoho Park, with 476 square miles, adjoins It at the divide and:reaches westward. Glacier Park, on tho other side of the wide valley of the Columbia, lies in the Sete kirks. It has an area of 468 Square miles. Mount Revelstoke Park, ninety- five square miles in area, lies 'at the summit of 'Mount Revelstoke, a winter sports resort and a scenic drive in the slimmer time. This park Is reached by a short drive from Revelstoke station. Banff is the •centre from which most visitors set out to explore tine Rocky Mountains Park, VIC0111 this point, by pack trains, trail rides, or motor, vir. tually all points of interest in the park ma Y be visited. Among the tine usual attractions are Lake Louise and IVioraiue Lake, and the vaitoy Relic of Campaign that Ended in Occupation of City by Emperor Claudius London.—The England which the Romans conquered at the commence- ment of the Christian era is recalled by a fine bas-relief carving, which has just been dug up at Colchester, Essex. It is some six feet long and shows a Roman cavalry officer upon a horse, with a prostrate. Briton underneath. It is held by archaeologists to be a relic of a campaign which ended in the occupation -of Colchester in A.D. 43 by an army commanded by the Roman Emperor.Claudius. Below the carving is a, panel with a Latin inscription which has been translated as follows: "Longinus, son of Sdapezematycus, Duplicarius of the First Ala of the Thracian Cavalry from the district of Sardica. Forty years of age. Served 15 years. His heirs made this according to his will. Here he lies.' The Thracian Cavalry, in which Longinus was a "duplicarius" or squa- dron °facer, commanding a section of an. "ala" or regiment were irregulars from the northern. frontiers of Greece, and were attached to the Roman le- gions. Sardica where Longinus lived was a province of what is now But, army, was the predecessor of Nero at garia. Claudius, who commanded the army was the predecessor of Nero at Rome. The carving of both man and horse, is detailed and skillful. It testifies to the civilization which the Romans brought to Britain nearly 2,000 years ago. The effigy of the horse is especially interesting, owing to the resemblance • it bears to the animal with similarly hair -covered pasterns, used for agri- cultural purposes to -day. The ancient Saxon King Athelstan, who defeated the Danes in the year 937, is said to have made a law prohibiting the ex- port of horses from England. The carving found at Colchester is evi- dence that horses had already in Athelstan's day been in use in Britain for 900 years. That an officer of the Roman army under the Emperor Claudius should. have come from Bulgaria is witness to the cosmopolitan nature of the forces by which the Roman conquest of Britain was effected. The find is to be preserved in the Colchester Museum. Among other re- mains found at Colchester have been well-built baths, tesselated pavements, and much broken crockery pointing to prolonged Roman occupation of this city. col - I've egnorance of English, and different ider by . standards of living, is an actual im- grettable truth, however, is that they pediment to the economic progress. of have sent to us little that was not - Canada . . able. We are told by health experts that Doctor—"Your temperature seems men wear entirely too much clothing. to hve taken a drop." Patient -- "Can't you fix it so I can do the sm.e dootor?" The Chinese Surely Cannot Have Much Artillery • - 4ealeaNke Japanese e1d1eoet bombsring Tsinart MIKADO% TROOPS ROUT IN THE NATIONALISTS retniruisicle the walls Just be fore the troops routed the Chinese Nationalists from their last stronghold, The Perpetrator Doorkeeper: "I'm sorry, sir, but under the management's new rule late arrivals must be kept outside till the end of the act." Theatregoer: "Nonsense, the man- ager will let us in. Take him ray— ah—card. He will remember me in connection with my activities as president of the society for the sup- pression of theatre nuisances."—, Humorist. --- Copartners Messenger (to newsboy): "Who's the swell guy ye was talkitO to, Jim- mie?" Newsboy: "Aw, him and me,'•s walk- ed togedder fer years. He's the ed1-, tor o' one o' my papers."--Florlda Grower, Spoiling Paper "He's a waste -paper manufactur- er?" "Yes, he writes plays!" Old Gentleman ---"Are your mineral baths any good?" Hydro Clerk— "Well, a week ago a man was brought here in a bath chair, ana yesterday when we showed•him itis bill he rau oft without paying it." That Mr. Lloyd George's readiness of wit is remarkable ive all know.' It is said that during one of his pub' lic speeches he asked the question.: "What do our opponents really want?' "I know what I Want," chini-' ed in a member of the audience in sl husky voice that told its own tale, want a change of Government," "No,; you don't," antwered Mr. Lloyd George In a flash, "what you want is tritaage of drinks"