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Appendix I

A short list of historical photographs that can be used to identify icefront positions.

Date Area shown/ Detail Source*
1887 N.E. Rock “E”, excellent Wheeler, 1932: 124-125
1887 large marker boulder in ice at terminus  
1888 all of terminus and névé, excellent Sherzer, 1907: 92-93, Fig. 1
July 14, 1894 terminus, footbridge, stream, trimline , excellent WMCR/V653/NG - 74
July 14, 1894 view to North across icefront, excellent WMCR/V653/NG - 71
July 17, 1894 N.E. edge of ice, seedlings on N. lat. moraines, good WMCR/V653/NG - 89
July 25, 1897 N.E. terminus and névé, excellent

Sherzer, 1907:Fig. 2

WMCR/V653/NG-190, 204

1899-1907 annual “Test” photos held at Whyte Museum Vaux & Vaux, 1907:142, not shown
Aug. 5, 1901 “Test photo” of terminus from Rock “W”, excellent WMCR/V653/NG - 800, 803
1902 “Test photo” of terminus from Rock “W”, excellent WMCR/V653/NA -1059
1903 all but terminus, from Mt. Eagle, good Sherzer, 1907: 84-85, Fig. 2
1904 Icefall near Perley Rock, good Sherzer, 1907: 84-85, Fig. 2
1905 all of terminus and laterals, excellent

Vaux & Vaux, 1907:142-143

WMCR/V653/NA -1354

1905 N.E. terminus, Perley Rock, very good Sherzer, 1907: 92-93, Fig. 2
1907 “Test photo,” panorama of terminus, excellent WMCR/V653/NA -1562, 1566
1910 “Test photo” of terminus from Rock “W”, excellent WMCR/V653/NG - 894
1931 terminus from Rock “W” Wheeler, 1932: 126-127, 141
1933 terminus from “Photo Rock” Wheeler, 1934: 186-187
1945 terminus from R.P. 2, good Webb, 1948: 214-215, not shown

* WMCR call numbers refer to images at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff.

References Cited Appendix II

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