Valley of the Ten Peaks - Digital Painting
by Allen Beatty
Title
Valley of the Ten Peaks - Digital Painting
Artist
Allen Beatty
Medium
Photograph - Photographs - Digital Painting
Description
Digital Painting of the Valley of the Ten Peaks in Banff National Park that is crowned by ten notable peaks and also includes Moraine Lake. The valley can be reached by following the Moraine Lake road near Lake Louise. The ten peaks were originally named by Samuel Allen, an early explorer of the region, who simply referred to them by using the numerals from one to ten in the Stoney First Nations Language. He may have learned the terms from his Native American guides, who helped him with the horses. The Nakoda - also known as the Stoney Indians - is a tribe whose culture and dialect are closely related to that of the Assiniboine First Nation, from whom they are believed to have separated in the mid-1700s, and who roamed large parts of the prairies and mountains of western Alberta well into British Columbia. The secluded Valley of the Ten Peaks was part of their original homeland. Gradually, though, all but three of the mountains were renamed in honour of noteworthy individuals, including Allan himself.
Mount Hungabee was not included in the original peak list by Allen, even though it is higher than Wenkchemna Peak, the latter of which is really an extension of Hungabee.
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December 30th, 2013
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Joan-Violet Stretch
A lovely scene, I've promo the person above me so I thought I'd promo the person further down I'm in the big skip now lol I don't comment on like and I don't comment like fav or promo unless I like or love the work, not doing it for points...but for genuine appreciation L/f P
Allen Beatty replied:
Joan, thank you so much for all your generous comments and promotion. Very much appreciated.
Robert Bales
What a beautiful presentation and congrats for being selected on the feature pages!! v/f/t