[Summit of Rocky Mountains, looking west toward Akamina Ridge, from boundary cairn near Cameron Lake and Forum Peak, July 1861 - right half of panorama.]
Creator
Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers., photographer
Contributor
Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers., photographer Great Britain. North American Boundary Commission, creator
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Description
Roughly 114 degrees 03' 28"". Title devised. Library of Congress copy captioned: "Summits of Rocky Mountains near lat. 49 ̊N., July 1861." Identified using maps and Google Earth views. Upper Kintla Lake would be just to the left, out of frame. This view forms an approximate two-part panorama when paired with item 29 of this collection.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : albumen print on mount ; mount 26 x 35 cm.
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