The following images are from the book "King's Empire" published in 2 volumes the early 1900s. The photographs were taken at the height of the British Empire. The books are available in higher resolution for download as PDF ebooks at www.ozebook.com
CANADIANS SHOOTING RAPIDS IN CANOES. A considerable amount of travelling is done on rivers in Canada, and the clever manner in which Canadians descend rapids usually elicits admiration. As in our illustration, through the tossing foam of the rushing river the swiftly moving canoes arc guided to the quieter pool below ; then, perhaps, a sharp turn discloses a dark slope with a white fringe, denoting troubled waters, at the bottom. Down the incline the canoes slide, the most dangerous parts of the passage being avoided by dexterous side-strokes of the paddles, and the canoes are skilfully steered through the eddy below the fall. To persons who are not nervous shooting rapids gives pleasant excitement. (Plate facing page 1.)
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