Canada

A special view of his splendid world famous lake. Taken with my back to the chateau. Enjoy

The right hand side of the lake when looking from the Chateau. The first pointed mountain being Mt Whyte 2983m, the Big Beehive in front of it with Lake Agnes behind that. Mount Niblock next at 2976 (The high peak furthest right).

For a big lake fed by such snow and ice, I am amazed that this was the only river out. Not withstanding, still a splendid view point.

Not normally the view that one takes on here but nevertheless a fine viewpoint. As you might guess the views out of the Chateau windows are even more breathtaking. Just behind me here is a bench for lake strollers to admire the views whilst having a snack perhaps. enjoy

The Rockies between Banff and Lake Louise has many wonders. Here we are near Johnston Canyon. The trees, making a come-back after forest fires add a certain something to the deep ravine river.

A rather artistic view taken well above lake Louise, almost at the Lake of St Agnes. Part of the Banff National Park. A view to linger over and simply enjoy.

Otherwise know as 'Lake in the Clouds'. High above Lake Louise, we arrived here mere minutes before these delightful reflections were to disappear for the day. As can be seen, we are above the snow line and ice still covers most of this lake. The first 'tea house' of this national park stands close but unfortunate for us we had no time to explore nor sample it. The lake was so called 'Lake in the Clouds by the 'Stoney Indians'. The present name stems from two famous lady visitors: Agnes Knox -the first white woman to visit the lake and then Lady Agnes Macdonald, wife of Canada's first prime minister who visited a few days later.

Another look at this Idyllic scene. For us, a photographers dream.

Oh to be on a canoe on this lake. Such lakes exist mainly in dreams for us in the UK. Emealrad Lake sits high in the YoHo National Park on the Canadian Rockies if you too would like to stand here. The buildings to our right provides some accommodation and food for those luck enough to stay longer.

Just outside the town limits of Banff, Alberta, Canada, runs the mighty Bow river. Here it is with its guardian peaks.

Another view of this wonderful lake above its more famous Lake Louise.

Inspired to post this after seeing this: www.ipernity.com/doc/2247998/46854248 . Taken on my trip to the Canadian Rockies in 2016. This section of the railway consist of a series of tunnels blasted in the side of the mountains that create a gradual spiral accent or decent. See here that the same train is just entering the bottom tunnel and coming out on its way right from the top tunnel and this is just one spiral tunnel of many on the same 10 mile hill stretch. See PiPs. More Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Hill

Reminded of my travels here in the Canadian Rockies just the other night, I was tempted to release another shot of this magnificent lake. It is seated high in the YoHo national Park and believe me, our two hour stay besides this lake was all too short. The wooden buildings provides some accommodation and food for those lucky enough to stay longer. Enjoy large. PiPs

Another Canadian Rockies scene here. This time we see the magnificent Mount Steven massive from the Kicking Horse River in the YoHo National Park BC. One has just got to love the colour of this Glacial melt-water flowing from such places as Emerald Lake. It that a Grizzly in the distance :) As usual deserves full screen on back.

The magnificence of Lake Louise caught in the early morning light shortly after sunrise. A canoe paddle or a path on the right hand side here leads explorers to that far point The full wonderful lake scene can be followed in the PiP. Note - for millennium this lake was frozen solid at this time of year in May. This year (2016) was the first time open water could be seen - It is usually seen at the end of June. A sign of things to come it seems! Must be seen full screen.

Taken from our stopped bus, as our driver screeched to a stop on seeing this near Lake Louse. We knew we were lucky seeing this. It was about 100m from our road, moving by a river. The bus was stopped and I managed to get this through a open window but trees and foilage marred the view somewhat via this long 270mm (400mm equivalent) lens. I was pretty happy with this capture though as my fellow bus riders got nothing like this. Of course our driver had his hand on the ignition and foot near the accelerator in case it crossed the river and ran towards us :) "Grizzly bears (Ursus arctos horribilis) have concave faces, a distinctive hump on their shoulders, and long claws about two to four inches long. Both the hump and the claws are traits associated with a grizzly bear’s exceptional digging ability. Grizzlies are often dark brown, but can vary from very light cream to black. The long guard hairs on their backs and shoulders frequently have white tips and give the bears a "grizzled" appearance, hence the name "grizzly." The correct scientific name for the species is “brown bear,” but only coastal bears in Alaska and Canada are referred to as such, while inland bears and those found in the lower 48 states are called grizzly bears." - defenders.org

Another taken from our moving bus near Johnson Canyon. 'The elk or wapiti is one of the largest species within the deer family, Cervidae, and one of the largest terrestrial mammals in North America and Northeast Asia. This animal should not be confused with the still larger moose to which the name "elk" applies in British English and in reference to populations in Eurasia.' Wikipedia

I think this is a cow moose as the male bull moose has big antlers. Maybe a young one though? Not far from our road. Our driver who was once a park warden here, chastised a car driver here, who had stopped his car just next to our bus and was creeping ever closer to the animal with his camera, quite unaware it seems just how dangerous these wild animals could be. 'The animal Alces alces, called the moose in North America and the elk in Europe is the largest of all the deer family Cervidae, distinguished from other members of Cervidae by the form of the antlers of its males.'