CANADA > 2. Jasper National Park, Alberta
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CANADA Index: Page 0. Highlights ~ 1: Banff NP ~ 2: Jasper NP (this page) ~ 3: Bicycle Icefields Parkway ~ 4. Mt. Robson PP ~ 5. Yoho NP ~ 6. Kootenay NP ~ 7. Mt. Assiniboine PP ~ 8. Revelstoke & Glacier NP, BC ~ 9. Waterton Lakes NP ~ 10. Bugaboo PP ~ 11. Bowron Lake PP ~ 12. Garibaldi PP ~ 13. Animals of North America
Right: Angel Glacier hangs above Cavell Glacier Mount Edith Cavell, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.
Lower Maligne Canyon
Left: Water plunges through a narrow slot in Lower Maligne Canyon, near Jasper townsite, in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.
Below: Tourists in rain ponchos admire Lower Maligne Canyon from a footbridge, in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.
An underwater side stream flows into Lower Maligne Canyon, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.
Mount Edith Cavell
Left: Angel Glacier on Mount Edith Cavell, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.Below: Angel Glacier (above), Cavell Glacier (below), Cavell Pond and evergreen trees on Mount Edith Cavell, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.
Left: Pink flower of Dwarf fireweed (Myrtales Onagraceae Epilobium latifolium) (Order Family Genus species), Canadian Rocky Mountains, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada
Below: Marmots are members of the genus Marmota, in the rodent family Sciuridae (squirrels). Mount Edith Cavell, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.
Left: The Moon, half full.
Below: Cavell Glacier and Cavell Pond on Mount Edith Cavell, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. (Panorama stitched from 6 images.)
Left: A small, sharp chunk of ice from Cavell Glacier melts in Cavell Pond on Mount Edith Cavell, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.
Below: Cavell Glacier and Cavell Pond on Mount Edith Cavell, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.
Left: Crevasses in Cavell Glacier on Mount Edith Cavell, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.
Below: Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep frequent a salt lick in Jasper National Park on the Yellowhead Highway a few miles north of Jasper, Alberta, Canada
Above: On Mount Edith Cavell, Angel Glacier lies in a cirque above Cavell Glacier and Cavell Pond, in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.
The Whistlers Tramway and hike
We hiked up 4000 feet and took the Tramway down.
Victoria Cross Range (left) and Colin Range (right) of the Canadian Rocky Mountains form a broad panorama seen from above Jasper Tramway station atop The Whistlers peak, above Jasper townsite, in Jasper National Park, Canada.
A father and two boys explore atop The Whistlers peak, above Jasper townsite, with a view of Colin Range of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, in Jasper National Park, Canada
Peltigera lichen is a fungus that incorporates cells of algae or cyanobacteria (blue-green algae), which lend their colors to the tissue. Peltigera lichen look like big flakes of peeling paint.
Female elk (wapiti), in The Whistlers Campground, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada
