America. Research of rocky mountains

you are: America

Research of Rocky mountains was tightened for long time because of their inaccessibility. On them have visited Thompson and someone ' from other early travellers, a part they were examined by expedition Pellizera which has come to conclusion, that convenient pass through mountains there is not present. However after inclusion of British Columbia in structure of dominion of Canada there was a necessity-in agreement realisation between the governments of Canada and the British Colombia-lay a track through Canada. Researches of a line of the railway have strongly moved forward studying of Rocky mountains, and with opening in 1886 of through movement on the Canadian Pacific railway all this area became much more accessible. Begun in this connection the new era of research of Rocky mountains has opened expedition of Dawson which results have been published in 1886 The same year R.Dzh. The Poppy-konne investigated pass Bou-River and area adjoining to it.

Necessity of manufacture of shootings for other areas of Canada has compelled geodesists to refuse studying of Rocky mountains, but nevertheless the further step forward in this area has been made as a result of travel And. P.Kolmena and J. N.Kolli. The first of them in 1892 and 1893 Brown and Huker investigated a mountain chain in the field of mountains. Kolli has spent to 1897-1902 four expeditions and again has arrived to 1910 for the work termination. During the first four travel it investigated a considerable part of raised district between Lagganom and riverheads Atabaski, its last expedition (1910) worked around pass Jellouhed through which the railway has just been laid.