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Tom Wilson Pioneer of the Canadian Rockies
Tom Wilson the famed hunter trapper prospector and guide of the Canadian Rockies has died at 75 after a long life of exploration from 1581 with CP explorations to the Yoho Valley and Moraine Lake. He blazed trails Lake Louise Moget Assitboine and Wapta Pass earning a monument in 1925. Born August 21 1853 in Bond Head he joined the North-West Mounted Police before joining survey parties and shaping western mountain history.
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Wilken
Larer
Canadian Rockies
Cuidex
Tom Wilson
Hockies
Lake Louise
Emerald Lake
Yoho Valley
Dominion
Atlantic
Pacific
Moget
Pied
Femeralid Lake
Wapta
Philadelphia Photographic Society
Yoho Falls
Moraine Lake
Yoho Pass
Bond Head
Toronito
Sioux City
North-West Mounted Police
Fort Walsh
Saskatchewan
Canadian Pacific Syndicate
Prairies
Fort Benton
Montana
Bow Gap
Rockies
West
North American
Civilized World