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June 21st 2005 - Downtown Banff and Sights Further Afield - Day 4


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A Banff Shopping Center (devoted to honoring Canadian skiers)
look carefully.  It's impressive that the statue is balanced given its size and
the smallness of its base.
look carefully. It's impressive that the statue is balanced given its size and the smallness of its base.
Views from Downtown
Views from (the high side of) Bow Falls
Cave and Basin
They don't let people swim in the springs anymore because
they're worried about an endangered snail that only lives in
these springs!  Read the sign for details.
They don't let people swim in the springs anymore because they're worried about an endangered snail that only lives in these springs! Read the sign for details.
Cascade Gardens at Canada Place
A very busy picture looking up the hillside of Cascade Gardens.  Switch to
full size and see how many different types of gazebos and bridges you can
count.  They used a wide variety of architectural styles and building
materials.
A view across part of Cascade Gardens.  This was intentionally taken to
play the count-the-gazebos game.  (Hint: There are four; can you find them all?)
A view from the gardens down towards Canada place.  The whole view seems
very Canadian: the flag, a relic representing history (a teepee in this
case), the Colonial house, evergreens everywhere,
and snow-topped mountains in the distance.
Most of the ponds and falls in this garden didn't have water.  I was struck
by how beautiful the gardens could be if all the streams were flowing.
I took this picture (of three ponds, two of which are empty) to remind myself
of this sad lack of water.
A very busy picture looking up the hillside of Cascade Gardens. Switch to full size and see how many different types of gazebos and bridges you can count. They used a wide variety of architectural styles and building materials.
A view across part of Cascade Gardens. This was intentionally taken to play the count-the-gazebos game. (Hint: There are four; can you find them all?)
A view from the gardens down towards Canada place. The whole view seems very Canadian: the flag, a relic representing history (a teepee in this case), the Colonial house, evergreens everywhere, and snow-topped mountains in the distance.
Most of the ponds and falls in this garden didn't have water. I was struck by how beautiful the gardens could be if all the streams were flowing. I took this picture (of three ponds, two of which are empty) to remind myself of this sad lack of water.
Low Side of Bow Falls
Yes, this awning leads to a trail which really is an entrance to a pub called the Maldhouse!
The Maldhouse itself, a few hundred yards away from entrance in the previous
photograph.
See the shiny bus on the road near the top of falls?
That's roughly were I was when I took the above pictures from the high
side of the falls.
down-river
Yes, this awning leads to a trail which really is an entrance to a pub called the Maldhouse!
The Maldhouse itself, a few hundred yards away from entrance in the previous photograph.
See the shiny bus on the road near the top of falls?
That's roughly were I was when I took the above pictures from the high side of the falls.
down-river
The Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel
very impressive
very impressive