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The Bank of Canada's new polymer series of bank notes, introduced to thwart counterfeiters, has been plagued with problems and misunderstandings. The 3,363-metre peak in Jasper National Park formerly had a French name that translates the Mountain of the Great Crossing (La Montagne de la Grande Traversee). She was executed by the German army in 1915 for helping Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium. The bank simply changed the website descriptions without a note to readers citing the alterations or the reasons.Įdith Cavell, for whom the peak was renamed in 1916, was an English nurse during the First World War. 'Selected areas within those photographs appear in the $10 design, and are now accurately identified on the bank's website,' Deslongchamps said. The mountain images on the back of the $10 note, which also features a passenger train, were based on commissioned panoramic photographs, with images later cut and pasted to highlight certain peaks, rather than depict an actual panorama. Ltd.'Īdded Deslongchamps: 'The bank has consulted several subject matter experts to ensure that we now have an accurate identification of the mountains in our documentation for the $10 note.' The documentation error was the result of a misunderstanding about information provided to the Bank of Canada by Canadian Bank Note Co. 'Image research was undertaken during the development of the polymer (plastic bank note) series. 'I can confirm that we changed the description of the $10,' bank spokesman Alexandre Deslongchamps said Monday. Mount Zengel is also properly identified, along with some other changes.

'He recognized Zengel right off the bat,' said Doshi, who sent the bank some more unanswered emails in November and December.Įight months after Doshi's original inquiries, the Bank of Canada finally removed Mount Edith Cavell and Mount Marmot from its website description of the upper left image of the mountains, saying they're actually Lectern Peak and Aquila Mountain. For one, there was a misidentified image of Mount Zengel, which the bank claimed was the Palisade and Pyramid mountains. 'That's where the whole thing started.'ĭoshi contacted a mountaineer based in Edmonton, Eric Coulthard, who noticed some other discrepancies in the images of peaks on the bank note. 'To us, it was a very memorable trip.'īut when he later examined the $10 bank note, 'the peak was not there,' said Doshi, a professor of architecture at Ryerson University and a new Canadian. 'One of the memorable things for me in Alberta was visiting (Mount) Edith Cavell,' he said of a visit with his family. It also sent Doshi a short email, finally acknowledging the error. That's when the central bank quietly changed its website, removing Mount Edith Cavell and several other peaks from its official description of the back of the $10 bank note, replacing them with some other peaks.

He kept getting the runaround until last week. Russell Jones was President of the West Side Rail Way company in Chicago.Hitesh Doshi contacted the Bank of Canada by email last November, shortly after the new $10 notes were released, to say something was amiss. Russell Jones with kind regards of James Gorant (sp?), Secretary of the Guarantee Co. Presentation copy: Inscribed 'To The Hon. Views include Pike's Peak, Garden of the Gods, Royal Gorge, Marshall Pass, etc. 8 of the 12 plates were photographed by William Henry Jackson. Rest of the contents in very good condition. The first 6 pages were chipped in the lower corners (no missing content) and have been patched. Front and rear end sheets replaced with newer light brown end papers. Dark brown pebble cloth hardcover with gilt illustrated title and 'Denver & Rio Grande R R Scenic Line of the World' seal on the front board. Illustrated with photographs, a map of the railroad route, and illustrated advertisements. 12 Albertype photographic plate images by the Forbes Co.

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