The Globe and Mail
By Roy McGregor
Last updated on Monday, Sep. 14, 2009 03:22AM EDT
"You can strain your neck as well as your eyes travelling down the Columbia River Valley.
And yet there are times, when glancing down for a bit of relief, that you will see something as impressive as the ragged Rocky Mountains to the east and the towering Purcell Range to the west.
The statue to explorer David Thompson in the new park being constructed near the edge of this postcard town on the shores of Windermere Lake is a case in point."
