Kootenay NP
This past Monday, June 16 Rolande and I traveled to Marble Canyon in Kootenay National Park, a distance of 71 km. This park is located in British Columbia, just across the border from the Trans Canada Highway in Alberta. It’s a popular spot for visitors and local area photographers. I only ventured a short distance into the canyon, choosing not to ascend to its upper reaches. I think you’ll agree I was able to find a sufficient number of scenes to photograph.
I began my shooting at the bottom of the canyon, where the Kootenay River reaches and parallels the Banff-Windermere Highway. I followed the river out to the highway, photographing interesting sections of the stream to where it turned southward.
The Kootenay River or Kootenai River is a major river in southwestern Canada, and northern Montana and Idaho in the United States. It is one of the uppermost major tributaries of the Columbia, the largest North American river that empties into the Pacific Ocean. The Kootenay River runs 781 kilometres (485 mi) from its headwaters, returning to British Columbia in the West Kootenay region, where it joins the Columbia at Castlegar.
This scene shows where the steep section of the canyon ends and the river begins its short run to the highway.
The flow of the river turns at this bend, shortly after exiting the canyon.
The next photograph pictures some rapids, a short distance downstream from the bend.
This scene is the location where the river reaches the highway and begins it lengthy path to the Columbia River and ultimately the Pacific Ocean.
Back at the parking lot, I took a couple of pictures of the neighbouring peaks. This one is Stanley Peak, a popular destination for hikers trekking in to the Stanley Glacier.
As we neared the end of the Banff-Windermere Highway on our return trip home, we stopped briefly for some photographs at a promontory overlooking Vista Lake.
It was a good excursion, time well spent. I hope you will enjoy the photographs of the scenery in beautiful Kootenay NP. We truly enjoyed being there.