Show MOUNTAINS VANISH OFF MAP MAO and hooker peake on old canadian profiles cannot be found winn winnipeg lp eg that mou mount n t drown brown and mount hooker traditional monarchs mon archa of the canadian ro hockles roc klos ckles which wore were supposed to guard yellow head pass and alch which were first mentioned 60 years ago by douglass a botanist do not exist has just juat been proved by alfred and geoffrey howard i fa english glish alpinists who havo have been investigating vesti gating mountain regions in the neighborhood of mount robson and tho the pass v in exploration work spread over several weeks these mountain climbers have discovered no trace of the mythical mountains tho the mountains were reputed repute I to be between and feet in height while these mountains do not appear to exist and Il howard oward accompanied by morita merits Inder binen the former swiss guide explored peaks each in the neighborhood ot of feet high in the vicinity of robson Il and which together form one of tho the most maent fluent groups of mountain peaks which those these experienced mountain climbers have ever seen photographs have boen been taken by mr stumm of nn an old blaze on the bark of a pine tree in the heart of the tha which he thinks may possibly be a relic of an early pioneer tragedy during the dispute between trappers of the northern fur company and the hudson day bay company tra trappers P pars pushed their way through the mo mountains U 11 from british columbia following the route of wood river an and deven eventually arriving in an amphitheater of mountains known as the committees punchbowl Punch bowl the men had suffered frightful hardships and a consultation was held as to whether they would return or go forward seeing they had are ed at the watershed ter shed it was thought their journey was as only half over and some decided to d go back the most of these perished e while those who went forward soon struck the easy path through yellow toad tead and were out of the mountains in a week weak the blaze discovered by and howard Is thought to have been carved by tour four of the ibe ill fated party above the date october 20 1853 are carved the following InIta initials ls J M W aih A T and 11 S |