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Must See

1 Keen hikers should follow the Grey Owl
trail, a 12-mile (20-km) route that leads
to Beaver Lodge, a log cabin where
renowned British conservationist Grey
Owl lived alongside beavers from 1931
to 1938 and wrote about the need to
protect the wilderness.
2 Hanging Heart Lake, which forms
a waterway that leads to Lake Crean,
is one of the most popular canoe
and kayak trips in the park.
3 Elk are best spotted in aspen on the
Elk Trail to the south of the park. 1

2 3

GREY OWL
Legendary British
conservationist Grey
Owl was born Archibald
Stansfeld Belaney.
After emigrating to
Canada after World War
I, Belaney faked a First
Nations identity.
Inspired by his Mohawk
wife, Anahareo, he
wrote of wilderness
conservation and ran
a beaver protection
program, becoming the
park’s first naturalist.

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