I know that it is the upper tunnel because of the portal and track coming out of the bottom entrance. In the previous blog posts of the Lower Spiral Tunnels, one can notice that it is a rather long, straight track that leads into the lower entrance. In this view, one can see that as soon as the train exits the lower portal it makes an immediate right hand turn. The fact that Mt. Stephen is in the background helps us to orient ourselves, too.
The caption says that we are looking at the "EAST PORTAL SPIRAL TUNNEL AND MOUNT STEPHEN NEAR FIELD B.C."
The train in the picture has come from Field, B.C. and it headed toward the continental divide then Lake Louise, Banff, Canmore, Cochrane, and on to Calgary and point East!
I do not know who took the picture or who published it.
It is a picture of a picture.
I can see a light border around the original picture.
It also has a serrated edge on the top of the card.
It looks like this was one of several pictures in a post card book.
Yessie simply tore out the card and wrote the message on the back.
She didn't put a stamp on the back and send it like a normal post card.
She must have put it into an envelope and mailed it.
Well, we have been in the Rockies for way too long. I think I will now start jumping around Canada and be surprised where we land with each blog post that follows. I have a lot of Canadian post cards that are not all about the Spiral Tunnels.
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