Fantastic Canadian Rockies and Wildlife
Tour of Eight Beautiful National Parks -
Part 5 of 5
The sequence of our 13-day driving tour of Canadian Rockies is:

Seattle, Washington State, USA --------> Mt. Revelstoke National Park (NP) in British Columbia (BC),
Canada --------> Canadian Glacier NP in BC ---------> Yoho NP in BC --------> Lake Louis in Banff NP in
Alberta --------> Scenic Icefield Parkway going north in Alberta --------> Jasper NP in Alberta ----------->
Scenic Icefield Parkway going south in Alberta --------> Banff NP in Alberta ---------> Kootenay NP in BC
--------->  Highway 93/95 going south in BC --------> Waterton Lakes NP in southern Alberta -------->
Bison National Range in Montana, USA --------->   Pablo National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in Montana
---------> Ninepipe NWR in Montana ---------> Glacier NP in Montana, USA --------> Kootenai NWR in Idaho,
USA --------> Little Pend Oreille NWR in northeast Washington State --------> Lake Chelan in central
Washington State, Chelan Gorge and Bridge ---------> Rocky Reach Dam ---------> Seattle in Washington
State, USA


Parts 1, 2, 3 and 4 of this series on fantastic Canadian Rockies are at the following web pages:

http://www.shltrip.com/Canadian_Rockies_1.html

http://www.shltrip.com/Canadian_Rockies_2.html

http://www.shltrip.com/Canadian_Rockies_3.html

http://www.shltrip.com/Canadian_Rockies_4.html
We took the aerial tramway near Jasper to go up to the mountain top, known as Whistler, at elevation of 7,500
feet above sea level to enjoy the panoramic view from the mountain top. This is Canada's longest and highest
aerial tramway.

Map: Click here to see Google Map showing location of Jasper Tramway
Some water fowl on Waterfowl Lake along Icefield Parkway
青山環抱，美川溪流，青山碧水、風光秀麗、新綠片片，幽深秀麗，
綠意濃濃，最富詩情畫意，恍入世外桃源

Revelstoke Valley as viewed from Mt. Revelstoke in Mt. Revelstoke National Park in British Columbia
層層山峰， 群峰競秀

Sample view from the Whistler mountain top
Scenery from Mt. Revelstoke in Mt. Revelstoke National Park in British Columbia

Map: Click here to see Google Map showing location of Mt. Revelstoke National Park
登高望遠， 風光秀麗，讓人嘆為觀止。

Jasper Valley as viewed from the mountain top
Sample view from the Whistler mountain top.
In Kootenai National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in northern Idaho, we saw a female moose and a baby moose. This
national wildlife refuge is only about 20 miles south of Canadian border.

Map: Click here to see Google Map showing location of Kootenai NWR
A bald eagle, perching on a post in Kootenai NWR, seemed to be watching the activities of these water fowl,
and might be looking for a weak one as the potential prey.
Pend Oreille River along scenic Highway 20 in northeast Washington State. Our return route from Montana
through Idaho and Washington State to Seattle Airport was quite pleasant, mostly along the valleys between
mountains with beautiful blue colored river as shown above accompanied by ospreys and salmons as shown in
the following:

Map: Click here to see Google Map showing Pend Oreile River
Chelan Gorge and Bridge in central Washington State along our return route, scenic Highway 97. They are near
the confluence of the Chelan River and the Columbia River. When the Chelan Dam releases water, powerful
white water roars down Chelan River through this gorge and down into the mighty Columbia River.

Map: Click here to see Google Map showing Chelan Gorge, Chelan Bridge and Chelan Falls area

This photo of Chelan Bridge and Gorge was taken from an observation spot that is reach by a short access
road that branches off to west from Highway 150/100 as shown in the following close up Google Map:

Map: Short Access Road from Highway 150/100 to see Chelan Gorge and Bridge
There are several dams on the mighty Columbia River along our return route. So, we stopped to tour one of
them at Rocky Reach Dam

Map: Click here to see Google Map showing location of Rocky Reach Dam
The side walls of these fish ladders have large glass windows to let visitors enjoy watching these salmons going
up the fish ladders. These mature Pacific salmons may weigh more than 10 pounds each.

We also saw fish ladders for salmons on Vancouver Island in western Canada and on Newfoundland in eastern
Canada.

We also saw group of several wild turkeys on at least two occasions in this trip.

So, it was a pleasant drive along the beautiful blue colored rivers, including the mighty Columbia River,
accompanied by ospreys above the river and many big salmons in the river on our way back to Seattle Airport,
completing this 13-day tour of the fantastic Canadian Rockies.

On our Alaska trip in August 2009, we saw red (sockeye) salmon, King Salmon and
other kinds of salmon at several places in Alaska as shown on my Travelogue web
pages at:

http://www.shltrip.com/Go_To_See_Alaska_Part_2_Juneau.html

http://www.shltrip.com/Go_To_See_Alaska_Part_3_Skagwayu.html

http://www.shltrip.com/Go_To_See_Alaska_Part_6_Wrangell.html

http://www.shltrip.com/Go_To_See_Alaska_Part_10_Kenai_peninsula.html

http://www.shltrip.com/Go_To_See_Alaska_Part_10B_Kenai_peninsula.html
Sample view from Whistler mountain top
Waterfowl Lakes along Icefield Parkway in Jasper National Park

Map: Click here to see Google Map showing location of Waterfowl Lakes
山勢高聳，拔地而起。

One of several towering rock wall mountains near Field townsite and Kicking Horse Pass in Yoho National Park.

Map: Click here to see Google Map showing location of Field townsite
Many Canada geese, blue heron and other water fowl were flying or on the ponds in Kootenai NWR.
Upper station of the aerial tramway on Whistler mountain near Jasper
Scenery along Yellowhead Highway (Highway 16) in Jasper National Park

Map: Click here to see Google Map showing Highway 16 in Jasper National Park
Scenery along Yellowhead Highway (highway 16)  in Jasper National Park
In National Bison Range in Montana, we saw another deer with small antler covered with velvet.
55-mile long Lake Chelan in central Washington State along our return route, scenic Highway 97. It was raining
when we reached lake shore of Lake Chelan. Better photo of the beautiful Lake Chelan during sunny days can
be seen at the following website:

http://www.lakechelan.com/index.php?page_id=520&staff_id=40

Map: Click here to see Google Map showing location of Lake Chelan
Each year, there are large number of mature big salmons returning from Pacific Ocean swimming up the
beautiful blue colored and mighty Columbia River to their birth places to spawn. Therefore, these dams all have
fish ladders, like this one, to help salmons to overcome the obstacles imposed by these dams on their returning
journey up the mighty Columbia River.
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