Emerald Lake Emerald Lake is located in Yoho National Park In British Columbia. It is the largest of Yoho's lakes and one of the most popular. The lake is enclosed by the mountains of the President Range as well as Mount Burgess and Wapta Mountain. The name of the lake comes from its beautiful green colour. … [Read more...]
Waterton National Park, A Little Gem In Southern Alberta
Waterton Lakes National Park is one of the lesser known parks of the Canadian Rockies. It's located 3 hours south of Calgary in the province of Alberta and sits on the border with the United States. It is far less crowded than the hotspots of Canmore, Banff and Jasper, where it can be over run with tourists and weekend locals. … [Read more...]
Moon Landscapes And Prairie Dogs
Early childhood memories of Drumheller are that of funny hills and prairie dogs running all over the place. I would get very excited when we stopped there during our travels from the west coast to Saskatchewan to visit my relatives. Many years later it is still fascinating to see. … [Read more...]
Maligne Lake
The Drive To Maligne Lake Is A Worthwhile Trip Maligne Lake is located 48 km's south from the town of Jasper. The drive to the lake follows along the Maligne Range glacial valley. It offers beautiful scenery as well as many opportunities for spotting wildlife. Some animals to keep your eye out for are grizzly and black bear, bighorn sheep, white-tail deer, elk, moose and mountain goat. The drive along Maligne Lake road is worth taking in itself. You may want to take a picnic lunch and stop along the way to eat it or wait until you get to the lake. There is a cafeteria style restaurant … [Read more...]
Banff Springs Hotel Weekend Getaway
We have always loved the Banff Springs Hotel. We have never stayed at it before, it would be well out of our budget. Now that we are employed by Fairmont we took the opportunity to use our employee discount for a weekend away. The Banff Springs is a former Canadian Pacific Railway hotel. It was first opened to the public in 1888. … [Read more...]
Ice Magic Festival
The Ice Magic Festival is held in January at the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise. Teams of professional carvers come from around the world to participate in the competition. Some of them have creative names, like the Texas Chainsaw Massacre team. … [Read more...]
Living In Lake Louise
A Unique Place To Live For Many Reasons Lake Louise is the highest community in Canada. The village sits at an elevation of 1540 meters or 5052 feet and the lake where we live is at 1731 meters or 5680 feet. Considering we moved from sea level on Vancouver Island, this had a profound effect on us when we first arrived. … [Read more...]
The Moving Van Is Loaded Up, Lake Louise Here We Come!
Farewell Nanaimo, Lake Louise Here We Come As usual we make major life changes in an instant and have little time to make it happen. We had less than a month to pack everything we own and sell off what we didn't want to move with us. … [Read more...]
Our Next Adventure
Welcome To Our New Home! Jack has been offered a position to be the painter for the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise. We were playing around one night on the internet and came across the posting for the job. He decided to make an inquiry about it and everything quickly progressed from there. … [Read more...]
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