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Rh right (east) moraine of Dawson Glacier; then up Dawson Glacier half a mile and a final climb to the summit over alpland and broken rock.

Time required: Two days with one night at the foot of Dawson Glacier; ascent from camp, 4 hours. The route could be made in one long day from Glacier. For novices one guide is necessary.

View: Mt. Fox commands a view of alpine splendour, the entire lllecillewaet Névé and Mt. Sir Donald rising at its northern extremity; westward sweeps the valley of Geikie Creek; and southward close at hand are the rock-precipices of .Mt. Dawson, rising 3,000 feet almost sheer.

Fox Glacier—Name: In relation to -Mt. Fox. Altitude: 6.000—9,000 feet.

Location: Between Mts. Fox and Selwyn on the east side; it joins Deville (Jlacier in Glacier Circle.

Gateway, The—Name: By Topographical Survey, owing to the formation of rock-strata.

Location: 2 miles westerly along the railway from Beavermouth Station; on Beaver River, nearly 1½ miles south-westerly from its junction with the Columbia River. At this part of its course the bed of the Beaver River is much contracted and the stream flows turbulently in a rock-channel, with many leaps and falls. The strata of which the rock-bed is formed are at right angles to the course of the stream and lie absolutely vertical. The rock is of a quartzoze nature and in places unusually hard layers stand out like fences. At the Gateway, the slabs of rock are only four inches thick and twenty feet high, while the gap between is less than twenty feet wide. Through it the river pours, a mighty sluice-way. The gap is bridged by a single tree-trunk. which is used as a crossing by the men of the mountains, but is not recommended to the ordinary traveller.

Geikie Creek—Name: In relation to Geikie Glacier, which it drains.

Location: The primary source of Incomappleux River. The name Geikie Creek applies only as far as its junction with Van Horne Brook. 2½ miles below the snout of Geikie Glacier (see also under Fish Creek).

Geikie Glacier—Name: Bv W. S. Green, after Sir Archibald Geikie. F.R.S.

Altitude: 4,200—8,000 feet.

Location: Southern outflow of the Illecillewaet Névé, and flows between Asulkan Pass and Mt. Fox.

Route: Reached from Glacier via Asulkan Valley and Pass. The glacier flows directly below the pass at a depth of 2,800 feet. For novices one guide is necessary.

Time required: One long day from Glacier; but it is better to take two days, camping one night at the foot of the Dawson moraine. The Geikie Glacier is a good specimen of an ice-river and shows markedly the points of similarity between its flow and that of an ordinary river moving over a steep bed. The lines of crevasses, curving slightly outwards, indicate the more rapid movement of the centre of the stream. "The Geikie Glacier, filling the bottom of the valley, presented the most wonderful appearance. I never before