Mount Tacoma, as seen in August.

1. Looking westward, from an elevation of 10,000 feet over a perpetual snow-field and the Carbon River Glacier.
2. Looking eastward, toward the summit, from Crater Lake.

Mount Tacoma is an alternative name for Mount Rainier. Crater Lake was officially renamed Mowich Lake circa 1919.

Identifier: officialnorthern1899nort (find matches)
Title: The official Northern Pacific Railway guide : for the use of tourists and travelers over the lines of the Northern Pacific Railway and its branches : containing descriptions of states, cities, towns and scenery along the routes of these allied systems of transportation, and embracing facts relating to the history, resources, population, industries, products and natural features of the great Northwest
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Northern Pacific Railway Company Riley, W. C. (William C.)
Subjects: Railroad travel
Publisher: St. Paul : W.C. Riley
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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seen ris-ing almost from the sea level to heights far above theclouds. The whole of the Cascade range from MountRainier to Mount Baker, its two white monarchs, is seenon the eastern horizon, and on the nearer western horizonrise the frowning rocky, snow-flecked walls of the Olym-pic mountains. All the shores are densely clad with ever-green forests. The waters of the sound are a clear sea-green and are enlivened .by flocks of waterfowl. Seagullsfollow the steamer and swoop down with clamorous criesfor refuse from the tables thrown overboard by the stew-ards or for crackers tossed out by the passengers, whofind much amusement in watching the movements ofthese tireless birds. Now and then a school of porpoisesmay be seen leaping out of the water in sportive, curvingbounds. The steamers on this route are large and handsomelyequipped. A boat leaves Tacoma every morning, arrivingin Victoria late in the afternoon and arriving in Tacomaon the return trip early next morning. Travelers should,
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264 The Northern Pacific Bailroad, however, arrange to spend a day in Victoria. The Soundis divided in its lower length by the large island ofWhidby, which is thirty miles long. The Victoria boatstake the western side of this island and call at Port Town-send. Another line of boats run east of the island as faras New Whatcom, calling at Everett, Anacortes and Fair-haven. Both lines touch at Seattle, which is the empor-ium of the middle Sound. Seattle (41 miles from Tacoma by rail, and 27 miles bywater, and 1,933 miles from St. Paul via the Cascade di-vision; population, 80,000). This handsome and prosperouscity is one of the oldest places on Puget sound, and wasan important center of trade before Tacoma was founded.Its steady growth has not been checked by the rapid riseof the new city on Commencement bay. It is charminglysituated on a succession of high terraces which rise fromthe shores of Elliot bay. The city is laid out for a dis-tance of three miles from the bay to the shores of

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