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Waterton Lakes Glacier National Park
National Park
n 301 Victoria Road W,
EXPERIENCE Canadian Rockies Scenery as amazing as any Bighorn sheep ram, park of the same name in the
n Park Info Centre
Revelstoke; (250) 837 7500
(mid-May–Oct); www.
Not to be confused with the
watertonpark.com
US, Glacier National Park covers
of that found in the Rockies’
520 sq miles (1,350 sq km) of
wilderness in the Selkirk Range
other national parks typifies
of the Columbia Mountains.
the less-known Waterton
Lakes National Park. Located
a resident of Waterton
It was established in 1886, and
the park’s growth was linked
in the southwest corner of
Lakes National Park
Alberta along the US border,
was routed through Rogers
the park is an International
Pass in 1885. Today, many of
Peace Park and manages a
beauty to the geological
shared ecosystem with Glacier The park owes its unique to that of the railroad, which
the park’s simplest walking
National Park in the US. phenomenon of the Lewis trails follow aban doned rail-
Overthrust, which was forged road lines. Other trails offer
over a billion years ago (before visitors stunning views of the
HIDDEN GEM the formation of the Rockies), park’s 150 glaciers, including
Crypt Lake Trail when ancient rock was pushed the vast Illecillewaet Glacier.
Seek out the 11-mile over newer deposits. Thus, the The park is known for its
(17-km) Crypt Lake Trail peaks of the mountains rise very wet weather in summer
in Waterton Lakes sharply out of the flat prairies. and almost daily snowfalls in
National Park. You’ll Waterton’s mix of lowland winter, when as much as 75 ft
hike through lush forest, and alpine habitats means it (23 m) of snow may fall in one
passing steep cliffs and has the widest variety of wild- season. The threat of avalanche
several waterfalls, life of any of Canada’s parks, is serious here; visitors should
before finally reaching a from bears to bighorn sheep, stop at the Rogers Pass Center
pristine turquoise lake. and from waterfowl to nesting for up-to-date information.
species such as sapsuckers. The Rogers Pass line was
Monument marking the
summit of Rogers Pass
in Glacier National Park

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