Jasper, Alberta

Jasper Day 2
We spent part of the morning first going to Patricia Lake and Princess Lake above the town of Jasper. Princess Lake has a mountain looking down on it that is just unreal with the iron deposits showing a rich red color to them. On the way were a herd of Elk which we photographed and then onto the lake where Bev and I once again walked around Lover’s Island with its quaint bridge. What is so nice about all of these lakes is how clear they are.
After that was our trip to Medicine Lake and Maligne Lake. On the offroad there we encountered three sets of bears. Yesssssireee folks we have seen more bears here in one day than all of our Alaska trip. It was three yes countem three mamma bears each with two cubs. Now that is a bear of a day. Medicine Lake was first with its emerald green clear waters and the Rocky Mnts all around. It is really evident here how the glaciers carved these mountains and valleys. You can see a whole line of mountain ridges that are perfectly symmetrical in how the glacier came down the valley. Medicine Lake also drains into an underground aquifer but more on that later.
Next it was onto Maligne Lake and on the way another elk and a wolf. I did not get a picture of the wolf as he was partially hidden by the flowers he was hiding in.
On the way back as an afterthought we stopped at the Maligne Cyn. I was not going to go here because the hiking would be bad for Bev but she insisted that we go. It was well worth the trip as the canyon goes down several hundred feet and is only about 20-30 feet wide at the most. Water rushes everywhere and there are waterfalls and rapids at every point. The walking trail has several bridges that span the canyon and it is something to see. Water from this canyon comes from Medicine Lake and takes some 70 hours to go underground before reappearing in the canyon. Quite a trip huh.
Well today we go to the hot springs at Miette and then to the Pocahontas Mines.
Lorne
Pictures are elk and bears and Medicine Lake