This web page is part of a larger National Library of Canada online exhibit about the Canadian West. Here is a reprint from a 1801 report from explorer and fur trader David Thompson on his successful route through the Rocky Mountains.

View pictures of the spectacular Rocky Mountains taken in Rocky Mountain National Park.

View pictures of the spectacular Rocky Mountains taken in Rocky Mountain National Park.

View pictures of the spectacular Rocky Mountains taken in Rocky Mountain National Park.

View pictures of the spectacular Rocky Mountains taken in Rocky Mountain National Park.

View pictures of the spectacular Rocky Mountains taken in Rocky Mountain National Park.

View pictures of the spectacular Rocky Mountains taken in Rocky Mountain National Park.

View pictures of the spectacular Rocky Mountains taken in Rocky Mountain National Park.

View pictures of the spectacular Rocky Mountains taken in Rocky Mountain National Park.

View pictures of the spectacular Rocky Mountains taken in Rocky Mountain National Park.

View pictures of the spectacular Rocky Mountains taken in Rocky Mountain National Park.

View pictures of the spectacular Rocky Mountains taken in Rocky Mountain National Park.

See beautiful photographs of Canadian mountains while introducing yourself to the formation, vegetation, animal life, and other geological features.

The contiguous national parks of Banff, Jasper, Kootenay and Yoho, as well as the Mount Robson, Mount Assiniboine and Hamber provincial parks, studded with mountain peaks, glaciers, lakes, waterfalls, canyons and limestone caves, form a...

A map from 1898 of Mexico, Central America and the West Indies. The map includes an inset map of Cuba and the Isthmus of Nicaragua. "The surface of the Rocky Mountain highland in Mexico is quite similar to that of the great plateau...

A map of the Pacific region of the United States west of the Rocky Mountains in 1841-1850. The map shows the Old Spanish Trail from Los Angeles to Santa Fe, the Pioneer Route from the Platte River to San Francisco, the routes of Fremont...

A map from 1911 of the southern Rockies showing the main topographic features of the region, including; the eastern foothills (hogback topography); the Colorado or Front Range and Wet Mountains; the Park, Sawatch (or Saguache), and...

A map from 1910 of the United States showing the forest regions of the Pacific, Rocky Mountains, Northern Forest in the Great Lakes and New England areas, Southern Forest along the Gulf and East Coast, and the Hardwood Forest. The map...

A relief map from 1910 of the United States showing the physical features of the New England Highlands, Adirondacks, Appalachian Plateau and Mountains, Piedmont Plateau, Coastal Plains, Lake Superior Highlands, Red River Valley Plains,...

A relief map from 1904 of the United States showing the mountain systems and highlands, plateaus, plains, lakes, rivers, and coastal features. This map divides the area into the main groups of the St. Lawrence Basin, Allegheny Region,...

A map from 1910 of the United States showing general elevations, water depths, watershed boundaries, and terrain features, including the Pacific Slope, Great Basin, Colorado Plateau, Cordilleran Highlands, Rocky Mountains, Great Central...

A map from 1898 of the United States showing general elevations, water depths, and terrain features, including the Pacific Slope, Great Basin, Rocky Mountain Plateau, Great Plains, Mississippi Valley, Gulf Plain, Appalachian Highlands,...

A map from 1901 of the United States showing the forest regions, coded to show heavily forested and moderately forested areas. Areas of typical forest types are shown, including pine and hardwoods, spruce, birch, and maple in the...

A map of the northern Rockies in Montana showing the mountain systems, ranges, and intermontane trenches of the area.