Following two weeks trekking and canoeing in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, it was time to board The Canadian again for the thirty-hour train journey from Edmonton to Vancouver. I figured that an economy seat would be fine for that leg of the journey – wrong! Unlike the sleeper carriage, where passengers were friendly and chatty,…
The Athabasca River is just over 1500 kilometres and the longest river in Alberta. Whilst the area has a wide diversity of wildlife, the only creature I saw during four days of canoeing and camping was an eagle.
Jasper National Park’s Maligne Lake is the largest natural lake in the Canadian Rockies. A long with a day backtracking to the Colombia Icefield made a great culmination to our hiking in the Rockies. I enjoyed the beauty of Maligne Lake and its surrounding mountains and glaciers at leisure drinking coffee and eating cake. As…
The next leg of the journey through the Canadian Rocky Mountains was following the Icefields Parkway that runs from Lake Louise to Jasper. It’s a journey of approximately 230 kilometres along Highway 93 North passing through spectacular scenery giving a great opportunity to appreciate stunning glaciers, lakes and mountains on the way.
After a couple of nights based at the campsite outside of Banff, our next step was to drive the 60 kilometres to Lake Louise. We spent the next couple of days exploring Lake Louise and Yoho National Park.
This is the first of a series of photographic posts focusing on the highlights of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, including Banff National Park, Yoho National Park, Peyto Lake (part of the Banff National Park), Jasper National Park, and the Athabasca River.
People travelling in the sleeper carriage of The Canadian were chatty and friendly. Meals were included in the restaurant carriage for sleeper class which added to the social atmosphere of the journey, making it one big party.
Niagara Falls is made up of three waterfalls on the boarder between the USA and Canada. The largest, Horseshoe Falls, runs along both sides of the border.
Downtown Toronto is compact, easy to move around with plenty to see and do. The Royal Ontario Museum with its impressive collection of dinosaurs and East Asian artefacts is well worth a visit. While the St Lawrence Market makes for a tasty and entertaining exploration.
Montreal to Quebec was a quick hop by Canadian standards – a train journey of about three and a half hours. I felt very much at home in Quebec City.