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Here you can immerse yourself in the centuries-old culture of the native tribes and learn the stories of the pioneers.

Totem Pole of the Gitxsan People... In front of each longhouse of the respective clan of the Gitxsan, stand the totems which were created by indigenous artists.

The Gitxsan tribe has reconstructed seven longhouses here in this traditional place. Very impressive look the long painted wooden houses that tell about the four clans that lived here. There is much to learn about the life, traditions and crafts of the Gitxsan tribe, which consists of the clans Frog, Eagle, Wolf and Fireweed. Each clan has its own independent long houses (Wilp), its traditional territories and fishing grounds. Marriages within a clan are forbidden.

Peyto Lake seen from Bow Summit The lake itself is located near the Icefields Parkway. In summer, large amounts of glacial flour and glacial milk flow into the lake from nearby glaciers; these suspended rock particles give the lake its bright turquoise color. It was named after Bill Peyto, a former park ranger, trapper and mountain guide. The "wild" Bill Peyto was a pioneer, mountain guide and early park ranger of Banff National Park. Peyto lived in England before emigrating to Canada in February 1887 and settling in the Canadian Rockies, where he worked as a railroad laborer. In the mid-1890s, Peyto built a log cabin near the Bow River where he stored equipment for hunting and trapping. Peyto worked as a park ranger in Banff National Park from 1913 until his retirement in 1936. Peyto was best known for his services as a mountain guide and was selected to lead many prominent British, Swiss, and American climbers on numerous expeditions in the Canadian Rockies. Bill Peyto was one of the leading figures in the Brotherhood of Mountain Guides and Packers that flourished at the turn of the century, and his knowledge of the mountains that surround us was surpassed by few. Bill was described as utterly fearless and was always willing to take any risk to protect those entrusted to his care. The Peyto Glacier on the Continental Divide and Lake Peyto are named in his honor.

On the way north, It seems as if rice is planted here, but this is not the case, the surrounding area of the Bow River is only flooded.

On the way north, in Jasper National Park, the river flows leisurely through the valley.

Sunwapta Falls Jasper National Park Sunwapta Falls, a raging waterfall , just one of many waterfalls. At Sunwapta Falls, the smaller Chaba Valley and the larger Athabasca Valley join to form a spectacular step waterfall that has carved a deep limestone gorge into the rock a few feet below the jetty.

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Women are people! This memorial is a tribute to the Famous Five: Irene Parlby, Louise McKinney, Nellie McClung, Emily Murphy and Henrietta Muir Edwards, all from Alberta. The went to the highest court in the British Empire to appeal a 1928 Supreme Court decision. That court had ruled that women could not be appointed to the Senate because they were not qualified persons. On October 18, 1929, the Privy Council overturned this decision. This sculpture is also featured on the back of the $50 bill.