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The Trail Blazers and the Cavalcades: Proving the Need for the David Thompson Highway
Location: The West Country, Alberta, Canada

 
Calculating the best place to ford the Whitegoat River, known now as the Cline River
19 of 70 		Ernie Ross' Model A Ford fording a river, possibly the Whitegoat River
20 of 70 		Whirlpool Point on the North Saskatchwan River
21 of 70 		Winching the Chevrolet sedan up past Whirlpool Point
22 of 70 		Mt. Michener, formerly known as Eye Opener Mountain or Phoebe's Teat
23 of 70 		Two of theTrail Blazers block the back wheels of the truck as it is winched up the slope
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How far do you think we'll get today?
25 of 70 		"We made it!"
26 of 70 		"It's going to be tricky here."
27 of 70 		Trail Blazers camp at Whitegoat Creek
28 of 70 		A very old tree, possibly a limber pine
29 of 70 		Mount Merchant, across from a river flood plain, near Thompson Creek campground
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Lunch break. Ernie Ross' 1930 Model A Ford on the left, 1928 Chevrolet Sedan at the right
31 of 70 		Breaking camp
32 of 70 		Mount Merchant in the background, with the Banff Park Boundary along the ridge line
33 of 70 		Mt. Stelfox
34 of 70 		Crossing another river
35 of 70 		Ernie Ross' Model A Ford Roadster stuck in the Cline River. Mt. Stelfox is on the right.
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