Centre of North America

Blakiston went on to say:

This is no place for a dissertation on the physical geography of North America, but I may simply state, that in that portion of the Rocky Mountains comprised between the parallels of 45' and 54' north latitude, rise the four great rivers of the continent, namely, ...

...the Mackenzie, running north to the Arctic Ocean,...

...the Saskatchawan east to Hudson's Bay,...

...the Columbia west to the Pacific,...

...and the Missouri south into the Gulf of Mexico,...

. . thus we may say, that in a certain sense that portion of the mountains is the culminating point of North America, and I now, on the Kootanie Pass, stood as nearly as possible in the centre of it.

Blakiston went on to say: This is no place for a dissertation on the physical geography of North America, but I may simply state, that in that portion of the Rocky Mountains comprised between the parallels of 45' and 54' north latitude, rise the four great rivers of the continent, namely, ...
...the Mackenzie, running north to the Arctic Ocean,...
	...the Saskatchawan east to Hudson's Bay,...
...the Columbia west to the Pacific,...
	...and the Missouri south into the Gulf of Mexico,...
. . thus we may say, that in a certain sense that portion of the mountains is the culminating point of North America, and I now, on the Kootanie Pass, stood as nearly as possible in the centre of it.