Medicine Lake Banff

Banff , Banff National Park, Canadian Rockies, Alberta, Canada
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  • 1

    Wilderness Hostels with Bears, oh my!!

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    ... We saw elk foraging for food, and possibly a mate?!! One came quite close to us in the car so we promptly moved on!! Medicine Lake disappears in the autumn - the Indians thought it was magic, but in actual fact it is because of underwater caves which ...

  • 2

    Pikas, Frisbees, Line Dancing and Marmots

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    ... darting in and around the rockfall. For all those playing at home, you will remember that I've only seen a pika once before at Medicine Lake near Jasper 2 months ago so they are quite elusive. We got back down to the bottom at 7:15pm and the ride ...

  • 3

    Jasper and Jasper National Park

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    ... of metres wide in some place but gorged out by the Maligne river to 70m deep with a spectacular waterfall at it's head. There is Medicine Lake with lots of water flowing into it but seemingly none flowing out. It drains by an under ground stream out the ...

  • 4

    Canadian Rockies - seriously beautiful ....

    22 photos

    ... 't require a big walk to get there (about 40 mins return but allow a couple of hours to really enjoy the scenery etc).  Medicine Lake (keep an eye out for the Bald Eagle nest on the little island) and Maligne Canyon (it's deep!).  Wish I'd had ...

  • 5

    Jasper and Banff

    ... for some wildlife spotting). Along the way we spotted: Bull Elk, a group of female Elk, Moose dots (from the opposite shore of Medicine Lake) and then at Maligne Lake when we got out of the car to take a picture a small black bear strolled on by looking ...

  • 6

    On to the birthplace of Parks Canada!!!

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    ... to see the lakes and the wildlife in the early morning.  We were certainly rewarded with a fabulous drive. First stop was Medicine Lake, which local Aboriginal tribes thought was "big magic" (according to the rather poorly worded sign) because it is ...