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APRIL, 2005 NEWSLETTER
| Peakfinder Updates
We've finally added all the photos that we have available to Peakfinder. There are now over 2300 photos of the peaks of the Canadian Rockies. Some 44 individuals have contributed photos to what is becoming an extensive and comprehensive collection. If you have a photo of a peak that we do not, or a shot from a different angle, or a better one than what is on the site please consider letting us display it. Just send it to <dave@peakfinder.com>. Thanks to Kevin Altheim for helping us sort out Prairie Lookout and Mount Smith-Dorrien. Check out the monthly panorama on the site. Previously they were photos from "50 Roadside Panoramas in the Canadian Rockies. Now we're using new colour photos from different locations. As all the photos available on Peakfinder, sometimes errors are made in their captions. Several Peakfinder users have located errors and advised us so that they can be corrected. Please let us know if you find an error. If you have a favourite mountain photo or any information about the peaks of the Canadian Rockies that you would like included in Peakfinder please contact <dave@peakfinder.com>. Please note that all of the previous newsletters have been archived and are available on the site. If you're interested in esoteric lists, unusual mountain names, etcetera, browse through the earlier issues. |
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| Look who's honoured in the Canadian Rockies STUART WALCOTT Stuart Walcott was Dr. Charles D. Walcott's son. Dr. Walcott was the geologist who discovered the Burgess Shale fossils. Stuart worked with him in the field and was active in other early explorations in the Rockies as a member of the Alpine Club of Canada. Helena Ridge, to the southeast of the mountain honouring Stuart was named to honour Stuart's mother, Helena Walcott. Following his years in the Rockies, Stuart Walcott became a wartime fighter pilot and it is said that he, "typified the face of American aviation in France in 1917." When the Americans entered the First World War, Walcott considered joining the Ambulance Service in France upon his graduation from Princeton University in 1917, but joined the Lafayette Escadrille instead and was soon flying Nieuports and SPAD fighter aircraft in combat over France. Sadly, Walcott was killed on December 12, 1917, when he was attacked and forced down by four Albatross aircraft. For information about Stuart Knob enter the mountain's name in the appropriate search box on the main page. |