Excerpt from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerald_Lake_(British_Columbia):
Emerald Lake is a freshwater lake located in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada. Yoho National Park is one of the 4 contiguous National Parks in the heart of Canada's Rocky Mountains, along the boundary of British Columbia and Alberta Provinces, the other Parks are Kootenay, Jasper, and Banff.
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Excerpt from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerald_Lake_(British_Columbia):
Emerald Lake is a freshwater lake located in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada. Yoho National Park is one of the 4 contiguous National Parks in the heart of Canada's Rocky Mountains, along the boundary of British Columbia and Alberta Provinces, the other Parks are Kootenay, Jasper, and Banff.
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Excerpt from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glacier_National_Park_(Canada):
Glacier National Park is part of a system of 43 parks and park reserves across Canada, and one of seven national parks in British Columbia. Established in 1886, the park encompasses 1,349 km2 (521 sq mi), and includes a portion of the Selkirk Mountains which are part of the larger grouping of mountains, the Columbia Mountains. It also contains the Rogers Pass National Historic Site.
The park's history is closely tied to two primary Canadian transportation routes, the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), completed in 1885, and the Trans-Canada Highway, completed in 1963. Rogers Pass in the centre of the park eluded explorers until 1881. The railway brought with it tourism, the establishment of Glacier National Park and the construction of a popular alpine hotel. The heavy winter snows and steep, avalanche-prone valleys of the park have been a major obstacle to transportation, necessitating much railway engineering and avalanche control measures.
The park contains high peaks, large, active glaciers, and one of Canada's largest cave systems. Its dense forests support populations of large mammals, birds, and alpine species. The region is noted for its heavy snowfall. The park has an extensive network of trails, three campgrounds, and four backcountry huts and cabins. Due to the major transportation routes that bisect it, Glacier National Park sees large numbers of visitors.
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Excerpt from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden,_British_Columbia:
Golden is a town in southeastern British Columbia, Canada, 262 kilometres (163 mi) west of Calgary, Alberta, and 713 kilometres (443 mi) east of Vancouver.
Golden is nestled in the Rocky Mountain Trench, built around the confluence of the Columbia and Kicking Horse rivers, surrounded by three different mountain ranges (most notably the Purcell Mountains and Rocky Mountains) and five national parks: Yoho National Park, Banff National Park, Jasper National Park, Glacier National Park, and Kootenay National Park.
Golden is on Highway 1 (the Trans-Canada Highway), and it is the northern terminus of Highway 95, connecting it to the United States via the rest of the East Kootenay region and the city of Cranbrook, British Columbia (B.C. Highway 95 is a continuation of U.S. Route 95, which runs north-to-south through the U.S. and into Mexico). The Trans-Canada Highway east of Golden has numerous upgrade projects ongoing to greatly improve the roadway west of the Yoho National Park boundary. The Ten Mile Hill section of the project was recently completed and is a major upgrade to the old highway.
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Excerpt from roadstories.ca/thunderbird-park-victoria/:
Thunderbird Park is one of the most serene and beautiful places in Canada. Eleven traditional totem poles rise gracefully skyward, carved in thunderbirds, orcas and bears, creatures both real and mythical. A traditional longhouse has a large green and white sea-monster face painted on its side and a Kwakwaka’wakw Heraldic totem towers beside the longhouse. It’s hard to realize you’re in downtown Victoria next door to the Royal BC Museum and only a few minutes’ walk from the iconic Empress Hotel and the Inner Harbour. The park is both spiritual and moving.
Thunderbird Park has a fascinating history. In the late 1930s, with many of the totems acquired by the Museum starting to decay, the Kwakwaka’wakw carver, Mungo Martin, was hired to make replacements. He and his assistants carved eleven replica poles, which were raised in the park in 1941. In 1952, Martin also constructed the long house, Wawadit’la, which nestles among the totems.
Many of the top Native carvers from the west coast have honed their craft at the park. The first carving shed was built in 1952 and burned down; the second decayed and was replaced. The third shed was taken down in 2009 and has not been replaced.
Although all the totems in Thunderbird Park are replicas, a new one was added in 2001. The Kwakwaka’wakw Honouring Pole, topped by a thunderbird, was carved by Jonathan Henderson and Sean Whonnock. It is dedicated to the Coast Salish people on whose ancestral land the park is located.
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