Columbia River lecture


Francis R. Line is one of the outstanding personalities of the lecture platform. A member of the New York Explorers’ Club, the Circumnavigators, and the Los Angeles and New York Adventurers’ Clubs, he has made adventure his business. By popular vote he is all-time first place winner on America’s largest lecture course—the World Adventure Series of Detroit. Authorities say:

“A vital sense of humor.”
—American Museum of Natural History, New York.
“Excellence of narration.”
—National Geographic Society, Washington, D. C.
“One of the worlds’ best color photographers.”
—Detroit World Adventure Series.

YOU Will SEE

CANADIAN ROCKIES
. The Columbia rises in Canada. You see Banff, Lake Louise, the Ice Fields, a humorous adventure with bears.

BIG BEND COUNTRY.
A pioneer . Canoeing in wilderness. Animal studies. Moose. Beaver.
ARROW LAKES. Journey by stern-wheeler MINTO, life-line of the upper Columbia. The Doukhobors.

GRAND COULEE DAM AND COLUMBIA IRRIGATION
. The world’s largest project. A boom country you should know about.

HANFORD ATOMIC WORKS. Forty thousand people at work. A new model city. The world’s largest trailer town.

COLUMBIA RIVER HIGHWAY. Eleven waterfalls. Huge salmon by the thousands. Hood River Valley. Wild flowers in spring.

PORTLAND in blossom time. Humor in the rain. Astoria. The thrilling Oregon coast.


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