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Show Banff end Lane Louise Expecting Thousands Cf American Tourists in 1940 Despite War 1 v . . . :wv.; . . . . . , ..: . ; : v!' i ", A,:..- ...-. t j " ' c A: AA:;-A r--- . " j i (igKj' " . . n-r . " 1 f - LAKE LOUISE AND VICTORIA GLACIER 13 Ae I - ' - , i , ' j tv- i t - " - - h ? v s v5&m es&.l I - ','!", 1 ff Tfrt 1 'trt tv ? V -A frt " J f v ! , -fC' . t u t a 1" V " " " ' m- A " i i' ' ' 2 " high mountain peaks a pel lect iffT$ , backdiop for eveiy outdooi lecie- ' f 4 ation &t )U Foity miles fiom Banff is Lake ,l t Louise, one of the show places of ' ! i North America Here, set amid ' f gieat glacieis like some piecious f fTi-VF 1 I - ' d'ki jewel, the lake itself defies de- LjJ lfc8S!WWiiS 't , scuption, its limpid, jade green t i ' '"" ' 1 ijf y "i - depths never appealing quite the , j.. BANFF SPRINGS HOTEL 3 ... If - -i 6ame l any two people. On the . . f-'J "p GLFC0"RE 11 Tawf s fU lake sbore' set amld Iceland pop- I h'' """I JT?7 "-' " tf . . " -a pies and other flowers, is the high mountain peaks a perlect backdrop for every outdoor . recreation. recre-ation. Forty miles from Banff is Lake Louise, one of the show places of North America. Here, set amid great glaciers like some precious jewel, the lake itself defies description; de-scription; its limpid, jade-green depths never appearing quite the same to any two people. On the lake sbore, set amid Iceland popples pop-ples and other flowers, is the Chateau Lake Louise, its glass-enclosed swimming pool, perfect dance floor and Bmooth orchestra all doing do-ing their part for the entertainment entertain-ment of the vacationist. One ot the most interesting routes to California for visitors to tbe Golden Gate Exposition, San Francisco, is to travel via Banff and Lake Louise over the Canadian Cana-dian Pacific Railway. Stopovers at theBe resorts can be arranged, and this "circle tour" will enable the traveller to cover two coun-trles coun-trles Instead ot one. "TJffAR. may be raging in distant , Europe, but this will not deter thousands of American travellers . from visiting the Canadian Rockies during the summer. King George j,VI and Queen Elizabeth, of England, Eng-land, set the example when they Visited this region In 1939, spending spend-ing two days at the Banff Springs Hotel. ' The royal couple drove in buckboard wagon up Sulphur Mountain, with Jim Brewster, Banff's leading cltlxea, In Jhdrlv era seat; while to a Banff natu-rallBt, natu-rallBt, Dan McCbwan, fell the honor of acquainting them with the plant and animal life of the region. These same discoveries await every visitor to Banff or Lake Louise. Banff provides trout-fishing, pony riding over mountain trails, tennis, golf on a sporty 18-hole championship champion-ship course, swimming In hot sulphur sul-phur pools, archery, and dancing In the evening. All are followed In a breath-taking atmosphere of mlle- |