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Rh be over 10,000 feet high. An attractive aspect to "the general" is their accessibility by an excellent road.

On Horse Thief creek, just where it emerges from the mountains, is Mountain Valley Ranch, a holiday resort in keeping with the country, owned and managed by Thomas Starbird. The farmhouse has developed into a large and comfortable inn with modern conveniences, where guests are welcome in all seasons. Fishing, riding, shooting and mountain climbing are the chief sports. Guests who prefer it, may live in cottages or tents on the premises. The good driving roads will enhance the attractions of this place for elderly people.

Mountain Valley Ranch is reached by a mountain road 13 miles from Wilmer. Tourists travelling by steamer may communicate with the proprietor by telephone from the houseboat Isabel at the mouth of Lake Windermere. A wide trail made by the proprietor leads by the upper reaches of Horse Thief River to Starbird Glacier. For about a mile from the ice-tongue, the river runs through an alpine meadow which is both park and garden for the beauty of its trees and flowers; then it plunges over a precipice falling some hundreds of feet in a typical cataract. All along the upper valley, cascades are falling from high sources in cliff-glaciers unseen from the 10 miles of trail below.

There are other tributary glens north where ranching and the noble sports are friendly rivals. It is, too, a country of lakes, which is a new story in the topography of the Selkirks. From a peak in that region Mr. Ellis counted 27 lakes.

Number Three Creek is called a good fishing place with its Fish Lakes about 12 miles north by a good road from Wilmer. In "No. Country" the game warden found a colony of beaver of some hundreds. John Hurst, the oldest resident on the creek, provides entertainment for hunters and fishermen, and is a reliable guide.

Sinclair Pass, Falls, and Hot Springs, may be mentioned as germane to the Selkirks. Sinclair Pass is near the head of Sinclair Creek in the Rockies. It is the lowest pass (4,662 ft.) between the Columbia and Kootenay Rivers. A trail leads up and over the pass and across the Kootenay to White Man"s Pass below Mt. Assiniboine, a branch trail leading to Banff. A motor road is now being built over this route from the Windermere road to Banff.

Sinclair Hot Springs have not been exploited for the general public; but for years miners and settlers suffering from rheumatism and other afflictions have found their medicinal properties effectual. The springs are near ledges of rich mineral deposits, oxide of iron, copper and galena—ledges extending along the range and showing from the steamer, red and yellow stains on the mountains for nearly 50 miles.

Spillimacheen River: An important tributary of the Columbia flowing down from the Spillimacheen fountains and joining the River at Spillimacheen Landing some 40 miles from Golden. Toby Creek, rising in Toby Glacier and flowing some 40 miles to its confluence with the Columbia River at Athalmer, received its name from Dr. Toby, who came into that country in 1864, the fir.st white man to follow Thompson, though over half a century later. It is a wild and beautiful canyon. the most famous for beauty of