To Lake Minnewanka and return: 4-hour trip, $6.75 and $8.75; 9-hour trip, $9.00 and $15.00.To Loop, Cave and Basin and Sun Dance Cañon and return: 4-hour trip, $6.75 and $8.75.To Tunnel Mountain, Buffalo Park, Cave and Basin and return: 4-hour trip, $6.75 and $8.75.
To Lake Minnewanka and return: 4-hour trip, $6.75 and $8.75; 9-hour trip, $9.00 and $15.00.
To Loop, Cave and Basin and Sun Dance Cañon and return: 4-hour trip, $6.75 and $8.75.
To Tunnel Mountain, Buffalo Park, Cave and Basin and return: 4-hour trip, $6.75 and $8.75.
Guides may be obtained for $4.00 a day.
At Lake Louise the only hotel is the Château Lake Louise, 2½ miles from Laggan Station, operated by theCanadian Pacific Railway Company; rates $5.00 and upward. There is a small camp at Moraine Lake, 9 miles from Lake Louise.
The principal short trips from Lake Louise are by carriage to Moraine Lake, $2.50; or on horseback to Lakes Mirror and Agnes, $1.50; Mount St. Piran, $3.00; Victoria Glacier, $2.00; Saddleback, $2.50; Saddleback, Sheol Valley, and Lower Paradise Valley, $3.00; Ptarmigan Lake, $3. Guides may be obtained for $4.00 a day and pack-horses for $2.50 a day.
As there are no permanent camps in remote portions of this Park, arrangements must be made for pack-animals and equipment. The Brewster Transport Company, Banff, Alberta, will furnish complete outfits at the following rates: $15.00 a day for one person; $25.00 a day for a party of two; $10.00 a day for each person for a party of three or more. This charge includes guide, cook, horses, tents, provisions, but no blankets.
There is said to be good fishing for whitefish and cutthroat, lake, brook, Dolly Varden, and bull trout.
Location: Western Alberta and eastern British Columbia. Area: 560 square miles. Season: June to October. Address of Superintendent: Field, British Columbia.
Yoho Parkis reached from Field, on the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Excursion rate, round trip from Chicago, $64.70. The following hotels are operated by the railroad company: Mount Stephen House, at Field, $4.00 and upward; Emerald Lake Chalet, 7 miles from Field, $4.00 and upward; and Takakkaw Falls camp, 11 miles from Field, $4.00 a day.
The popular short trips from Field are listed below. The lower rate is for 2 or 3 persons; the higher rate for 4 or 5 persons:—
To Emerald Lake and return: 4-hour trip, $6.00 and $7.50; 9-hour trip, $9.00 and $15.00.To Emerald Lake, one way: $3.00 and $5.00.To Ottertail Bridge and return: $5.25 and $7.50.To Takakkaw Falls and return: $9.00 and $15.00.To Natural Bridge and return: $2.25 and $3.75 for first hour, $1.50 and $2.50 for second hour, and $0.75 and $1.25 for subsequent hours.To Fossil Beds and return: horseback, $2.00 for each person.
To Emerald Lake and return: 4-hour trip, $6.00 and $7.50; 9-hour trip, $9.00 and $15.00.
To Emerald Lake, one way: $3.00 and $5.00.
To Ottertail Bridge and return: $5.25 and $7.50.
To Takakkaw Falls and return: $9.00 and $15.00.
To Natural Bridge and return: $2.25 and $3.75 for first hour, $1.50 and $2.50 for second hour, and $0.75 and $1.25 for subsequent hours.
To Fossil Beds and return: horseback, $2.00 for each person.
Persons desiring to camp in this Park may obtain outfits from the Brewster Transport Company, Field, British Columbia, at the same rates given for Rocky Mountains Park.
Location: Eastern British Columbia. Area: 468 square miles. Season: June to October. Address of Superintendent: Field, British Columbia.
Glacier Parkis on the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway and is reached from Glacier Station. Excursion fare, round trip from Chicago, $64.70. The Glacier House, $4.00 a day and upward, operated by the railroad company, is at the station. The principal short trips, made on horseback are as follows:—
Great Glacier and return$1.00Asulkan Glacier and return2.00Marion Lake and return1.50Mount Abbot and return3.00Caves of Nakimu and return3.00
Horses may be obtained for $3.00 a day, and guides for horseback trips may be employed for $4.00 a day. Swiss guides for mountain-climbing and glacier trips may be obtained for $5.00 a day. The guides provide rope and ice axes, but the tourist must be equipped with stout shoes and proper clothing. Persons desiring to camp inthis park may obtain outfits from S. H. Baker, Glacier, B.C.; the rates are about the same as those quoted for camping trips in the Rocky Mountains Park.
Location: Western Alberta. Area: 4400 square miles. Season: June to October. Address of Superintendent: Jasper Park, Alberta.
Jasper Parkmay be reached from Jasper Station on the Grand Trunk Pacific and Canadian Northern Railways. Excursion fare from Chicago, round trip, $65.30.
The only established stopping-place is Jasper Park Camp, Lake Beau Vert, 2 miles from Jasper Park Station. Rates, $3.00 a day or $18.00 a week. The regular trips are to Pyramid Lake, $7.00 for 4 persons; Maligne Cañon, $7.00 for 4 persons; Mount Fitzhugh, $5.00; and Goat Mountain, $5.00. Saddle-horses may be obtained for $3.00 a day. Guides cost $5.00 a day. Special arrangements for extended camping trips may be made with Brewster and Moore, Otto Brothers, and Donald Phillips, Jasper, Alberta.
Location: Eastern British Columbia. Area: 95 square miles. Season: June to October. Address of Superintendent: Field, British Columbia.
Revelstoke Parkis on the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway and is reached from Revelstoke Station. There is a hotel at the station operated by the Canadian Pacific Railway (rates, $3.00 a day and upward), and there are other hotels in the town of Revelstoke.
The principal short trip is by automobile to the summit of Mount Revelstoke, 15 miles in each direction.Automobiles holding four persons may be hired for $3.50 per hour. There are no hotels or permanent camps in the Park; for extended trips arrangements must be made with outfitters in Revelstoke.
Location: Southern Alberta, immediately north of the United States Glacier Park. Area: 423 square miles. Season: June to October. Address of Superintendent: Waterton Mills, Alberta.
Waterton Lakes Villageis 60 miles from McLeod and 40 miles from Pincher Creek on the Crowsnest Division of the Canadian Pacific Railway. There is an automobile road from both places, but the longer route from McLeod is said to be the better. There is also a wagon road from the northern boundary of the United States Glacier Park to Waterton Lakes Village. The only stopping-place at Waterton Lakes Village is Hazzard's Hotel and Camp; rates $2.00 a day.
Location: Eastern Alberta. Area: 160 square miles. Season: June to September. Address of superintendent: Wainwright, Alberta.
Buffalo Parkis immediately south of Wainwright, on the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. There are two hotels in Wainwright—The Wainwright and The Park—with rates of $2.50 a day. This Park has no special scenic attraction, its chief feature of interest being the herd of 2400 buffalo. About 75 buffalo are kept in a paddock about two miles from the town, but it is said that a large number may be seen in a day's drive.
Location: Eastern Alberta. Area: 16 square miles. Address of superintendent: Lamont, Alberta.
Elk Island Parkis 3 miles south of Lamont on the Canadian Pacific Railway. The nearest hotel is in the town of Lamont. The Park is strictly an animal reservation and has no scenic features.
Location: Southern Ontario. Area: 140 acres. Season: May to October.
St. Lawrence Islands Parkis located among the Thousand Islands of the St. Lawrence River and consists of a number of small islands. It is reached from Clayton, New York, on the New York Central Railroad, and from Kingston, Ontario, on the Grand Trunk Railway. Some islands on the New York side of the international boundary are owned by the State of New York and maintained as public reservations. The principal hotels in the Thousand Islands are at Clayton, Thousand Island Park, and Alexandria Bay, all in New York.
Location: Adjacent to the city of St. John, New Brunswick. Area: 19 acres. Season: Throughout the year.
Fort Howe Parkwas created solely for historic purposes and contains an old fort, memorials of the Canadian Loyalists, and relics and exhibits of the old French régime.
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