| Moraine Lake, once featured on the Canadian $20 bill, is blue for the same reason as many of the lakes in the region, including Lake Louise. Fine powder, ground out from the rock by glaciers, sits in suspension in the water, with the colour varying according to the angle of the sun and depth of water. I promise that I haven't mucked around with the colour balance at all! | |||
 Moraine Lake |
 ...and again |
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 ...and finally |
| Lake Louise became a tourist site when the Canadian Pacific Railroad built the magnificent hotel seen below as part of its expansion across the country towards the Pacific. The lake is some 650 feet deep and on the day we were there, a cool 37°F. Good thing we'd practiced in the canoes at Milford House. | |||
 Lake Louise |
 Canoeing |
 The CPR hotel |
 From the ski lift |
| Plenty of beasts along the backroads, including this elk, taking a few minutes out from a busy rutting season and, if you can make it out, a female bear who had four, unfortunately camera-shy, large cubs with her. | |||
 Layer on layer |
 An elk |
 Spot the bear |
 Sitting on the terminal moraine |
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When we first saw postcards of
Peyto Lake, we figured they'd been cheating with the colours. As you can
see, they hadn't!
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