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INTRODUCTION

DIVIDES

BOUNDARIES OF THE PARK

ORIGIN OF THE MOUNTAINS

THE ROCKS

THE SCULPTURING OF THE MOUNTAINS

REGIONAL DIFFERENCES IN THE MOUNTAINS

SHAPES OF MOUNTAINS

Castellate, castle, or ‘layer-cake’ mountains

Mountains cut in dipping layered rocks

Dogtooth mountains

Sawtooth mountains

Irregular mountains

Synclinal mountains

Anticlinal mountains

Mountains of complex structure

Matterhorn mountains

ROADLOGS AND POINTS OF INTEREST

WATERTON PARK TOWNSITE AND NEARBY EXCURSIONS

(1) Shoreline of the Main Waterton Lake near Mouth of Cameron Creek

(2) Cameron Falls

(3) Trail to Bertha Lake

(4) Trail to Crypt Lake

(5) Trip along Waterton Lakes (Southern Lake)

(6) Trail from Waterton Lakes to Cameron Lake via Alderson and Carthew Lakes

AKAMINA HIGHWAY TO CAMERON LAKE

(7) Viewpoint over Northern End of Townsite

(8) Falls on Cameron Creek and Oil City

(9) Cameron Lake

THE ROAD TO RED ROCK CANYON

(10) Junction of Red Rock Canyon Road and Main Road

(11) Middle of Long Straight Stretch

(12) Flat Below Red Outcrops to the Right or North

(13) Copper Mine Creek

(14) Straight Stretch on Valley Flat

(15) Red Rock Canyon

(16) Road and Trail Northwest from Red Rock Canyon

(17) Trail from Red Rock Canyon Westward Along Blakiston Brook

VIEWPOINTS ALONG HIGHWAY 6

(18) Northern Entry on Road from Pincher Creek

(19) Viewpoint on Big Bend

(20) Stop Just East of Warden’s Station

(21) Belly River Crossing

(22) Southeastern Gate at United States Border

EPILOGUE

INDEX