A WONDERFUL RAILWAY.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVI, Issue 4909, 30 November 1925, Page 4

A WONDERFUL RAILWAY.

ROUTE ACROSS THE ROCKIES. LABOUR AMPLY REPAID. The discovery of a route across the Rockies for the Canadian Pacific Railway took .twelve years, but never was labour better rewarded. The last spike'connecting East and West was driven 40 years agp, on November 7, 1885, and the millionis who have since travelled, along this wonderful highway—cut. out of the precipitous cliffs of the Fr,aser Canyon, winding under the snow-capped peaks of three vast ranges, crossing ,and recrosSiing foaming torrents’ deep belo.w —these millions have one unanimous thought—that for sheer grandeur the scenery is without rival.

It takes twenty-four consecutive hours for an express train to cross the Canadian Rockies. The wise man breaks his journey so that he can see it by daylight, and to assist this praiseworthy intention the Canadian Pacific has constructed mountain hotels at convenient points along the line, where one may rest, and perhaps spend some time exploring among the glaciers, riding on sure-footed ponies on the mountain trails, or climbing with experienced Swiss guides the peaks which prick the sky in such profusion. Sicamous is a half-way ht?4ise between Calgarry and Vancouver, and elsewhere, but still wish to make the all-daylight trip through the mountains, will find here a, comfortable hotel. - '

Before the Rockies come 900' miles of prairie— fertile farming land, the bread-basket of the British Empire.

For many years Banff, the gateway to Rocky MountainsNatibnal. Park, has artractedtourists and lovers of. nature from all corners of the earth. Situated in ihe heart of the Canadian.' Rockies in the midst of primeval surroundings, with a wilderness of untrodden crags and peaks radiating in every direction, it bids the sportsman, the naturalist, and the mountain climber welcome. The traveller seeking a holiday can find all his wUnts supplied at the Canadian Pacific Banff Springs Hotel, recently much enlarged. Sulphur springs and bathing pools, also- an excellent golf course and tennis court, are among the many attractions at this resort.