Alaskan Adventure: Day 20. We drove back into the park and down to Waterton Village to see Cameron Falls and then drove out to Cameron Lake. The road follows Cameron Creek back into the mountains and up to the lake. It was another beautiful weather day. Much of the mountainside scenery is stark from the fires 9 years ago. We then took another drive back into the mountains to Red Rock Canyon. We had been to Red Rock Canyon with Jenni, Roni, and Deanne 10 years ago and wanted to see it again.
Cameron Falls in Waterton Village.
Cameron Lake. Almost all of the lake is in Canada but the snow and green at the very South end is in the United States.
You can canoe across the Canada/US borders.
Closer look at the snowy cliffs in United States.
Closer look at the green slopes also mostly in United States but I think this specific area is in Canada.
Photos were taken from the North end of the lake looking South. Most of that South end is in the United States.
Canadian red sculpture at north end of Cameron Lake.
Shadows of fire burned trees and morning sun made interesting shadows on the mountains around Cameron Lake.
Lots of streams and waterfalls from snowmelt in the surrounding mountains. The year after the fires Cameron Falls water was black from all the ash being washed into Cameron Lake and Cameron Creek.
Cameron Creek was originally called Oil Creek because there were “oil seeps” in the area and the first oil well in Western Canada was drilled along the creek.
Lots of Spring wildflowers.
Red Rock Canyon.
More Wildflowers.
Next stop was to visit the Prince of Wales Hotel. There is a golf course in the foreground.
Prince of Wales Hotel – 1927. It started to sprinkle just as we arrived but then cleared up.
Entry Sign.
My iPhone pic on left. Screenshot from hotel’s website on the right. The view through the lobby and down the lake is awesome.
The side facing the lake. The hotel sits on a bluff at the North end of the long Upper Waterton Lake. The North half of the lake is in Canada, the South end is in the US.
Tourists.
Deer grazing on lawns in Waterton Village. We visited a really nice art gallery and had dinner at Zum’s Eatery. Many of the trees in Waterton Village are Cottonwoods. There was a snowstorm of cottonwood fluff blowing everywhere.
Cottonwood drifts. Those are my feet as we stepped out of the restaurant. We ate outside on the patio and picked cottonwood out of our fried chicken and flatbread pizza.
On the way out of Waterton Lakes National Park. This is a panorama shot of Lower Waterton Lake. We saw a big brown bear crossing an area similar to this but there was no place to pull off, so sadly no pic.
Morning view from our campground looking across rolling plains to Waterton Lakes National Park.
Favorite Bible reading today: Isaiah 65:1-3
“I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me;
I was found by those who did not seek me.
To a nation that did not call on my name,
I said, ‘Here am I, here am I.’
All day long I have held out my hands
to an obstinate people,
who walk in ways not good,
pursuing their own imaginations—
a people who continually provoke me
to my very face,
offering sacrifices in gardens
and burning incense on altars of brick;
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