Field is a community of approximately 300 people located in the Kicking Horse River valley of southeastern British Columbia , within the confines of Yoho National Park. Field was established during the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) as a locomotive depot for pusher engines required to help trains over the nearby Field Hill and Big Hill. It is also…
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Another Look at Emerald Lake
Earlier this week, I returned to the area of Field, British Columbia, visited last week (Yoho Valley Road). After taking some pictures around the town, I returned to an old favourite location, nearby Emerald Lake. (I posted some pictures from Emerald Lake , last September.) The weather was beautiful and the place was overrun with…
Emerald Lake
Yesterday’s photo outing was to Emerald Lake, near Field, B.C. about 1-1/4 hours west of Canmore. Emerald Lake is named for its colour, a brilliant green and it is the site of the Emerald Lake Lodge, a beautiful place to spend a holiday, winter or summer. Accompanied by Bob Bear, I arrived by mid-morning and…
Assiniboine Lodge
We had no longer returned from our holiday in Europe, when we embarked upon a two day adventure to the Assiniboine Lodge, located about 25 km southwest of Canmore. To reach our destination we drove down to Mt. Shark and took the 8 minute helicopter flight into the Lodge. That’s one of only two ways…
Kamloops Scenes
On our recent trip to the West Coast, we stopped overnight in Kamloops, B.C. Kamloops is a pleasant city of about 90,000 people, situated at the confluence of the two branches of the Thompson River. We did a little touring around the city and we were impressed with the city’s waterfront development. I took a…