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National Geographic : 1925 Apr
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THE MOTHER OF RIVERS Photograph by Lewis R. Freeman ATIIABASKA GLACIER FROM WILCOX PASS (SEE TEXT, PAGE 442) half-canyoned valley, its declivity was such that gravel and mud had been car ried down to the flats, leaving behind only a channel choked with boulders, many of unstable equilibrium. Torrential water tumbling over boul ders makes almost prohibitive fording conditions. A horse may break a leg in the wink of an eye, while footing once lost may be quite impossible to regain. We took every possible precaution in the two crossings we had to make and felt ourselves fortunate that nothing worse than wet packs resulted. Several horses were carried down ioo feet or more at both fords, but luckily found sloping bars upon which to clamber out. These, with two or three crossings of the Sunwapta and Athabaska on the Arctic side of the Divide, were the most dangerous fords we had. UNDER THE EAVES OF TIIE CONTINENTAL ROOFTRIE We were now practically at the foun tainhead of one of the main sources of the Saskatchewan-under the very drip of the eaves of the continental rooftree. To the east was the rocky summit of Mount Saskatchewan. To the south the peaks of the Lyell massif glittered in solid, unbroken white. To the west, al most directly above us, towered Alex andra, Spring-Rice, and Bryce. To the north were Athabaska, the Twins, and Columbia, but cut off from our vision at 427
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