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To Natural Bridge and return: $2.25 and $3.75 for first hour,
$1.50 and $2.50 for second hour, and $0.75 and $1.25 for
subsequent hours.
To Fossil Beds and return: horseback, $2.00 for each person.
Persons desiring to camp in this Park may obtain outfits from the
Brewster Transport Company, Field, British Columbia, at the same rates
given for Rocky Mountains Park.
GLACIER PARK
Location: Eastern British Columbia. Area: 468 square miles.
Season: June to October. Address of Superintendent: Field, British
Columbia.
GLACIER PARK is on the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway and
is reached from Glacier Station. Excursion fare, round trip from
Chicago, $64.70. The Glacier House, $4.00 a day and upward, operated
by the railroad company, is at the station. The principal short trips,
made on horseback are as follows:--
Great Glacier and return $1.00
Asulkan Glacier and return 2.00
Marion Lake and return 1.50
Mount Abbot and return 3.00
Caves of Nakimu and return 3.00
Horses may be obtained for $3.00 a day, and guides for horseback trips
may be employed for $4.00 a day. Swiss guides for mountain-climbing
and glacier trips may be obtained for $5.00 a day. The guides provide
rope and ice axes, but the tourist must be equipped with stout shoes
and proper clothing. Persons desiring to camp in this park may obtain
outfits from S. H. Baker, Glacier, B.C.; the rates are about the same
as those quoted for camping trips in the Rocky Mountains Park.
JASPER PARK
Location: Western Alberta. Area: 4400 square miles. Season: June
to October. Address of Superintendent: Jasper Park, Alberta.
JASPER PARK may be reached from Jasper Station on the Grand Trunk
Pacific and Canadian Northern Railways. Excursion fare from Chicago,
round trip, $65.30.
The only established stopping-place is Jasper Park Camp, Lake Beau
Vert, 2 miles from Jasper Park Station. Rates, $3.00 a day or $18.00 a
week. The regular trips are to Pyramid Lake, $7.00 for 4 persons;
Maligne Cañon, $7.00 for 4 persons; Mount Fitzhugh, $5.00; and Goat
Mountain, $5.00. Saddle-horses may be obtained for $3.00 a day. Guides
cost $5.00 a day. Special arrangements for extended camping trips may
be made with Brewster and Moore, Otto Brothers, and Donald Phillips,
Jasper, Alberta.
REVELSTOKE PARK
Location: Eastern British Columbia. Area: 95 square miles. Season:
June to October. Address of Superintendent: Field, British
Columbia.
REVELSTOKE PARK is on the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway
and is reached from Revelstoke Station. There is a hotel at the
station operated by the Canadian Pacific Railway (rates, $3.00 a day
and upward), and there are other hotels in the town of Revelstoke.