Alaskan Adventure: Day 18. We crossed into Canada today! Changed the Garmin from miles to kilometers.

Sign for Alberta, Canada just after crossing through customs. No issues, the crossing was easy.

Map of Glacier and Waterton Lakes National Parks. Together they are the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park. We traveled today from Saint Mary, up to Cardston, and over to Waterton Lakes. It was too early to get into our campground (Crooked Creek) so we went to visit the town of Waterton Park.

Coming into Waterton Lakes area is strange. Here there is no “Front Range” of lower mountains before the Rockies pop up. It’s just rolling green hills of prairie until bang, the mountains stand up.

Parked in Waterton with mountain and burned trees in background. We visited the Prince of Wales Hotel in a quick trip 10 years ago in 2016 but did not make it down into the town below the hotel. We did not remember much of the surrounding mountains being burned off then. There was a huge fire, started by lightning 9 years ago in 2017.

Nice house and flowers near where we parked in Waterton.

There is a really nice new Visitors Center.

Deer walked right through the Visitors Center plaza.

Got the Waterton Lakes stamp to go with the Glacier stamp.

Cool relief diorama in the Visitors Center

Parka, the official female beaver mascot of Parks Canada.

Looking north up the lake to Prince of Wales Hotel. We will visit the hotel tomorrow. Named after the popular Prince Edward of Wales back in 1927 (who later became King Edward III) in an effort to entice him to visit. No Prince of Wales has ever visited the hotel… This hotel, like the one not far away at Many Glacier, was built by the American Great Northern Railway. It is worth a visit to Waterton to see this impressive 100 year old building.

Looking south down the lake. That’s the United States (Glacier National Park, Montana) at the far end of the lake.

Already feeling “Woke Canada” and the worship of water, without acknowledging the Creator of water.

Crown of the Continent is a fitting title for the beginning of three major rivers: Saskatchewan emptying into Hudson Bay, Columbia emptying into the Pacific Ocean, and the Missouri/Mississippi emptying into the Gulf/Atlantic Ocean.

This makes me sad.

Favorite Bible reading passage for today: Job 38:1-4

Then the Lord spoke to Job out of the storm. He said:
“Who is this that obscures my plans
    with words without knowledge?
 Brace yourself like a man;
    I will question you,
    and you shall answer me.
 “Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation?
    Tell me, if you understand.