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48 Altitude: 5,500 ft.

Location: Immediately east of Goat Falls in Cougar Valley; a stream from Alt. Ursus Major and drops over the same ledge as the Goat Falls and flows to meet the waters of Cougar Brook where they emerge from the subterranean passage through the Caves of Cheops, They are very picturesque. (See Caves of Cheops.)

Beaver Mt.—Name: By Messrs. Huber, Topham and Forster, with reference to Beaver River.

Altitude: 10,644 feet.

Location: At the head of Beaver Glacier, source of the Beaver River; in the Battle Range and 17 miles from Glacier House as the crow flies. It is a fine rock peak still unclimbed (1911).

Route: Reached by pony trail up the Beaver River Valley to Beaver Glacier; thence ascending the glacier to the foot of the mountain—the distance by trail, 42 miles.

Time required: Several days' travel; for the round trip, at least 6 days of fine weather. A camp outfit is necessary.

Beaver Glacier—Name: By Messrs. Huber, Topham and Forster, with reference to Beaver River.

Altitude: 4,700—8,900 feet.

Location: At the head of Beaver River whose source it is. A peculiarity of this glacier is that at times of extreme melting a channel carries some of the water southward to the Duncan River on the opposite side of the Beaver-Duncan Pass. It was first ascended by Huber, Topham and Forster in 1890. It may be reached by the Beaver River trail but requires a camp outfit and several days of travel.

Beaver Overlook—Name: By Topographical Survey, from its magnificent overlook both up and down the Beaver Valley.

Altitude: 9,901 feet.

Location: On the west side of the valley at the head of Deville Névé.

Route: From Glacier House the route lies over the Asulkan and Donkin Passes, up the Bishop's Glacier and across the Deville Névé to its south-east corner.

Time required: Three days if both weather and snow are in good condition. Unless skilled in mountaineering, a guide is necessary.

First Ascent: By the Topographical Survey in 1902.

View: From the Beaver Overlook the entire Beaver valley is seen as though laid out on a map—meadows, forests and windfalls, with the green, glacial waters of the stream winding onward in serpentine loops. Also, there is a very fine view of Bald Mountain and the Spillimacheen Ranges.

Beaver River—Name: Local, from the great number of beavers that once inhabited the valley—no longer plentiful.

Altitude: 2,400—4,600 feet. Length from its source to its mouth on the Columbia hard by the railway, about 50 miles.

Location: Beaver River flows in a deep, wide valley immediately below the eastern escarpment of the Selkirk's Summit, which it parallels. Its primary source is from Beaver Glacier, described above. On the south side of the low pass at its head is the source of the Duncan River which flows south oppositely in a valley continuing the