Mount Robson Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada

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CANADA Index: Page 0. Highlights1: Banff NP ~ 2: Jasper NP ~ 3: Bicycle Icefields Parkway ~ 4. Mt. Robson PP ~ 5. Yoho NP ~ 6. Kootenay NP ~ 7. Mt. Assiniboine PP ~ 8. Revelstoke & Glacier NP, BC ~ 9. Waterton Lakes NP ~ 10. Bugaboo PP ~ 11. Bowron Lake PP ~ 12. Garibaldi PP ~ 13. Animals of North America
The following Canadian Rocky Mountains parks comprise a spectacular World Heritage Area registered by UNESCO in 1984: Banff National Park, Jasper National Park, Kootenay National Park, Yoho National Park, Hamber Provincial Park, Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park, and Mount Robson Provincial Park. These mountains rival any in the world for breathtaking beauty.

Mount Robson Provincial Park, BC:

Image above right: The north face of Mount Robson (3,954 meters / 12,972 feet, the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies), rises high above blue-green Berg Lake (1641 meters / 5385 feet elevation). The beautiful turquoise color of Berg Lake is caused by finely powdered glacial sediments suspended in the water. Visiting Berg Lake requires backpacking 22 kilometers (13 miles) one way to a campground, in Mount Robson Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada. In the foreground of this image, the leaves of low-growing bushes have changed from their summer green to a blazing red color in late September.  [Published in Sierra Magazine, Sierra Club Outings January/February 2004.] [Upon request, I also can show you an image of the south face of Mount Robson, which can be seen from a popular & impressive viewpoint on TransCanada Highway 16.]

Mount Robson, highest peak in Canadian Rockies (12,972 feet), British Columbia, Canada
Above: Berg Glacier drops ice bergs into Berg Lake. Mount Robson (3,954 meters / 12,972 feet) is not only the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies, but is one of the most impressive and beautiful sights in British Columbia, Canada.


Left: Mount Robson in late September with red and yellow fall foliage in the foreground
. Mount Robson Provincial Park, one of the oldest in British Columbia, contains the headwaters of the Fraser River.

    Below right: An exposure over many hours creates star trails at night behind Mount Robson. Carol flashed me and I flashed Carol separately to add our images to this single exposure.
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Above: This is the more familiar Mount Robson view, from Highway 16 (The "Yellowhead Route" between Jasper and Tete Jaune Cache), with pretty yellow leaves and white trunks of aspen trees.

Banff National Park, Alberta:


Above: A yellow canoe crosses blue-green Moraine Lake (see more further below), in Valley of the Ten Peaks, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.

Reflections of Banff National Park in a pond near Lake Louise, Canada.
Reflections of Banff National Park in a pond near Lake Louise. [Published on the cover of John Steel Rail Tours corporate brochure 2006, www.johnsteel.com.]

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Above: Peyto Lake, near Bow Pass, Banff National Park.

Below: Aspen trees in the Rocky Mountains, Banff National Park.
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Waterfalls and fall colors in Johnston Canyon, Banff NP
Left: Waterfalls and fall colors in Johnston Canyon, Banff NP, Alberta. [This image was licensed by Tennessee Valley Bottling Company, Alabama, for use in a 1/4 page marketing screening for a water bottle label.]


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Above: A bicyclist rides beneath sharp peaks in Banff National Park near Sunwapta Pass. Click here to read about our 5-day athletic adventure "Bicycling Icefields Parkway, Jasper to Banff."

Mountain  Goats:

Mountain goat, Kootenay National Park, British Columbia, Canada
Mountain goat at a salt lick.

Mountain goat at a salt lick. Kootenay National Park, BC, Canada

Bighorn  Sheep:

Young Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep, Banff National Park, Canada
Left: We bicycled right by these feisty young Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep who were climbing a road cut on the Bow Valley Parkway, Banff National Park.

    Below right: Wild rocky mountain bighorn sheep at Radium Hot Springs, Kootenay National Park, British Columbia.
    Rocky mountain bighorn sheep, Kootenay National Park, British Columbia, Canada

Jasper National Park, Alberta:


On Mount Edith Cavell, Angel Glacier lies in a cirque above Cavell Glacier and Cavell Pond, in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.
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Above: A river and mountain scene along the Icefields Parkway in Jasper National Park.

Victoria Cross Range (left) and Colin Range (right) of the Canadian Rocky Mountains form a broad panorama seen from above Jasper Tramway station atop The Whistlers peak, above Jasper townsite, in Jasper National Park, Canada.

For more images of Jasper National Park, see: Bicycling Icefields Parkway, Jasper to Banff

Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park, British Columbia:

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Left: Lake Magog reflects Mount Assiniboine.

    Below right: the steep pyramid of
Mount Assiniboine, the "Matterhorn of Canada", rises high above larch trees which are turning yellow in late September.

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Below right: the pyramid of Mount Assiniboine.
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Kootenay National Park, BC:

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Above: Sunrise light on the Rockwall at Floe Lake.

Yoho National Park, BC:

Canoeing Emerald Lake, Yoho National Park, British Columbia.
Above: Emerald Lake Lodge
, Yoho National Park. [Published in Wilderness Travel 2004 Catalog of Adventures.]

Rock etched into polygons by lichen. Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada
Above: Rock etched into polygons by lichen. Yoho National Park.

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worldwide highlights of my abstract images, see My Fine Art Gallery: Abstracts.]

Lichen pattern, Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada
Left: Lichen pattern, Yoho National Park, British Columbia. [To see highlights of my worldwide abstract images, see My Fine Art Gallery: Abstracts.]

  Forest floor fall color and lichen. Yoho National Park, BC
Above right: Forest floor fall color and lichen. Yoho National Park, BC
Fall storm over larch forest, Yoho National Park, British Columbia. This hike is accessible from Lake O'Hara.

Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta:

Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park World Heritage Site is comprised of: 1) Waterton Lakes National Park (see images below), in Alberta, Canada, and 2) Glacier National Park, Montana, USA (click for related images)
 

Waterton Lake, Alberta, Canada. Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park World Heritage Site
An unusually calm day at Waterton Lake seen from Waterton Park Campground, Alberta, Canada.
Red Rock Canyon, Alberta, Canada. Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park World Heritage Site
Left: Red Rock Canyon, Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta, Canada.

   Below right: Hikers crossing Carthew Pass, Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta, Canada.
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Above: Colorful stream bed in Red Rock Canyon, in the Clark Range, Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta, Canada. 

Ptarmigan. Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park World Heritage Site
Ptarmigan on the Carthew traverse, Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta, CANADA.

Copyright 1995-2008 by Tom Dempsey. Photographs may not be copied without permission.

CANADA > Page 0: Highlights


CANADA Index: Page 0. Highlights1: Banff NP ~ 2: Jasper NP ~ 3: Bicycle Icefields Parkway ~ 4. Mt. Robson PP ~ 5. Yoho NP ~ 6. Kootenay NP ~ 7. Mt. Assiniboine PP ~ 8. Revelstoke & Glacier NP, BC ~ 9. Waterton Lakes NP ~ 10. Bugaboo PP ~ 11. Bowron Lake PP ~ 12. Garibaldi PP ~ 13. Animals of North America


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