{"id":24102,"date":"2011-09-08T13:18:09","date_gmt":"2011-09-08T21:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.heynadine.com\/?p=24102"},"modified":"2011-09-08T13:18:09","modified_gmt":"2011-09-08T21:18:09","slug":"the-canadian-rockies-and-banff-national-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heynadine.com\/new\/the-canadian-rockies-and-banff-national-park\/","title":{"rendered":"The Canadian Rockies"},"content":{"rendered":"

September has rolled in once again which means back-to-school for the academics out there and for my brother Alex.<\/p>\n

My brother’s school is located in Alberta, which is a 2 day drive from Vancouver and therefore required a road trip. Since I know many of my subscribers are international I thought I would use this opportunity to do a few Canada travel blogs<\/strong> and showcase some amazing parts of this country.<\/p>\n

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Rocky Mountains<\/h1>\n

To get from British Columbia to Alberta you must pass through the The Rocky Mountains, also known as The Rockies.<\/p>\n

The Rockies are the major mountain range in western North America. Stretching more than 3,000 miles, or 4,830 km, they reaching all the way down into the USA.<\/p>\n

\"Rocky<\/p>\n

\"Banff<\/p>\n

Although the Rockies see hundreds of thousands of visitors each year they are almost all protected by national parks such as Mount Revelstoke<\/strong>, Jasper<\/strong>, Kootenay<\/strong>, Glacier,<\/strong> Waterton Lakes<\/strong>, Yoho<\/strong> and Banff<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

While passing through Yoho National Park<\/strong> visitor’s center, I was\u00a0 chosen as one of\u00a0 fortunate visitors to receive a time capsule package for their 125th anniversary time capsule. So one lucky person in 100 years time from now will receive a postcard from me!<\/p>\n

\"Rocky<\/p>\n

Banff National Park<\/h2>\n

Banff National Park is Canada’s oldest national park, establish in 1885, it is also Canada’s most popular tourist destination. If you have seen a photo of Canada chances are it came from Banff.<\/p>\n

\"Banff,<\/p>\n

Lake Louise<\/h2>\n

Fed by ice-water runoff from the Victoria Glacier and engulfed by mountains, Lake Louise is a prime example of how pristine the Rockies truly are. Even though thousands of visitors flock here daily you still have a sense of isolation and a connection to the wilderness.<\/p>\n

The reason the water is this milky-blue colour is because of the fine sediments called “rock-flour”; powdery rock that has been crushed and ground by the glacier.<\/p>\n

\"Lake<\/p>\n

Banff, Canada<\/h2>\n

\"Banff,<\/p>\n

Next we headed into town to take a look at the eats, shops and souvenir booths built to supply the needs of the many tourists flocking to this area.<\/p>\n

For accommodations there are numerous\u00a0 hostels, campsites, lodges and fancy alpine hotels to choose from, depending on what your budget it.<\/p>\n

\"Banff<\/p>\n

Banff Springs Hotel:\u00a0 for those that wish to pay a premium $$$.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now that we are through the Rockies, it is on towards the prairies and plains of Alberta!<\/p>\n

P.S. Want a postcard from Banff\/Lake Louise? [http:\/\/heynadine.com\/postcards]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My visit to Banff National Park, Canada’s most popular tourist destination, AND the Rocky Mountains. Banff, Canada<\/i><\/b> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24111,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[159,272,402,522,810,1181,1465,1523,1599,1627,1942,2118,2172,2289,2745,2795,2826,2873,2878,2984,3009,3044,3281,3283,3284],"class_list":["post-24102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-north-america","tag-alberta","tag-banff-national-park","tag-blogs","tag-canada","tag-travel","tag-glaciers","tag-images","tag-jasper","tag-kootneys","tag-lake-louise","tag-nature","tag-photos","tag-post","tag-rocky-mountains","tag-time-capsule","tag-tourist-spots","tag-travel-blogs","tag-travel-videos","tag-travel-vlogs","tag-vancouver","tag-video","tag-vlog","tag-yellowstone","tag-yoho","tag-yoho-national-park"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/heynadine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/heynadine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/heynadine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heynadine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heynadine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/heynadine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heynadine.com\/new\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/heynadine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heynadine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heynadine.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}