Tonquin Inn Jasper

Sunday 3rd Oct 2010 - Jasper (Fine, warm and calm – up to 19C today) We have a comfortable room here at the Tonquin Inn – not flash but will suit us for a couple of nights.  Having 2 double beds means we have plenty of room to put our ...

The restaurant at the Tonquin Inn had a great breakfast for only CAD$ 10; it was a good foundation for a day of sightseeing around the area. First stop was a field right on the edge of the town where Elk had come to graze. Next was Maligne Canyon. This is ...

... walking distance to all restaurants and shopping. We ended the day with a great supper at the Prime Rib Village restaurant at the Tonquin Inn. Bob's Diary August 27/98 1,029 Km Route: Hwy #1E, Hwy #17E Destination: Kenora, Ontario After gassing up ...

... checking in to our hotel we set out for a short, but steep, hike to Old Fort, a rock formation with wonderful views of Jasper, the Athabasca River and the mountains. We even got a tiny flurry of snow. Here we finally saw Long Horn Sheep grazing and then ...

... as kind as possible, they do little to enhance the pleasant environment of Jasper.  And it was in this area that the Tonquin Inn provided shelter for the next two nights. After check in there was just time to drive up to Patricia Lake behind the ...

... (believe all accommodation in town was filled that evening). It was time to test the waters of the indoor pool and hot tub. The Tonquin Inn not only has an impressively-sized swimming pool (given the number of rooms), but another 2 outdoor hot tubs. So it ...

... range of colours in our part of New Zealand.  The task will be how to choose the best photos. Tonight we are at the Tonquin Inn the first of the hotels we’ve booked using American Express points.  We had a bit of an adventure finding our ...

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... to a balmy 14 degrees when we hit town. Into the pool again, for our apres ski, back at the inn. Dinner tonight at the justifiably popular Jasper Pizza (wood oven with fresh Mozarella and other "vero" Italian toppings). It would have been tough to fit a ...

... about 20 mins on the ice.  Any more than that and I would have become an iceberg! Once off the glacier, we travelled into Jasper for a day stop over.  Along the way in we stopped at look out that showed how we had come from the bottom of the ...