A special train was organized to take Conan Doyle, his wife, and friends to visit the area near Mount Robson. The mountain, located just over the Alberta border in British Columbia, is one of the highest and most iconic mountains in the Canadian Rockies. William Topley, the celebrated Ottawa photographer, dutifully took these photos.

Map 1G [?]

Colour-coded map depicting lands from Fort George to Urling open for pre-emption, lands in “University Reserve,” and lands reserved for public auction. Depicts land recording divisions, communities, bodies of water, transport routes, and game reserves.

Colour-coded map depicting surveyed lands respectively open and closed to preemption. Depicts land recording divisions, game reserves, communities, bodies of water, and transport routes. Includes inset of McBride townsite.

This list includes only places not shown on the Tête Jaune sheets of the 1919 or 1923 Pre-emptor’s maps. This is the first appearance of the railway points Valemount and Selwyn. The Alberta-British Columbia Boundary Commission was completed in the region of this map by 1931. Many of the names making their first appearance are along the Continental Divide.