Backroad Mapbook: Canadian Rockies

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From the world famous Banff National Park to the much quieter and smaller Elk Lakes Provincial Park there is a lifetime of recreation to enjoy in this spectacular area. If you are a follower of the series, you will notice a different twist to the book. Rather than split up the various activities it focuses on the individual parks in the area as well as Kananaskis Country and the Forestry Trunk Areas of Alberta that are found in the Rocky Mountain Foothills to the east. By focusing on each parkit is able to provide more details than ever before. Of course it includes the ever-popular maps as well as a few helpful inset maps to help guide the people to the places written about.

The park system in the area has a long colourful history. Back in 1885, the government of the then Dominion of Canada drew a box around the Basin Hot Springs and Sulphur Mountain Cave in order to protect the springs from commercial development. Two years later, the borders were redrawn, taking in 673 square kilometres. It was named the Rocky Mountains National Park, and it was Canada’s first national park. By the late 1880’s people flocked to see this new and magical landscape, making the long trip by train.

Today people still flock to the Canadian Rockies…people by the millions. Over four million people a year visit Banff alone. And while new roads and railways have opened up new areas for these people to explore, it still remains true that only a small percentage of people take the time to explore these parks very far off the road. While short, popular trails can often resemble a line-up to see the latest Hollywood Blockbuster, once you get more than a couple kilometres away from the main roads, the crowds thin out. And while it is unlikely that you will have any but the longest and most difficult trail to yourself in a place like Banff, the number of people you will encounter will drop to a few groups a day.

This book is dedicated to those who want their Rocky Mountains a little more rugged. Who pass on the five-star luxury accommodations of the CN Hotel in Lake Louise and spend the night in a tent or a trailer. Who chose to see the Bow River from water level in a canoe or raft, rather than from the confines of a car passing by along the Trans-Canada Highway. Who want to see the high mountain peaks by standing on top of them, not just by driving past them. Who are willing to live out of a pack on their back for days on end for the sheer joy of exploring this amazing area.

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Weight:	0.37 kg
Price:	CDN$ 24.95 (US$ 24.28)

ISBN-10:	1894556984
ISBN-13/EAN:	9781894556989
Publisher:	Backroad Mapbooks Burnaby, BC
Publication Date:	2006
Pages:	144 pp
Size/Dimensions:	11 x 9
Binding:	Spiralbound

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