The tourbook recommended this place called Moose Lake where you can see Moose. Now, we saw a moose in Shadow Lake, but it was female so had no horns and really just looked like a giant horse. So I felt kind of cheated. Unfortunately, moose lake had no moose. It had rain and moose food under the water and some very loud tourists.
Near Jaspar town, we also stopped at Medicine Lake. It's a lake that rises and falls drastically with the seasons so that the indigenous people thought spirits resided within. It's got these little blue lines inside, I think those may be the sinkholes.
Next we visited Maligne Canyon. Legend has it that some French guy tried to take his horses across this canyon but the waters swept the horses away, so he was like, this canyon is Maligne!
It's really beautiful and narrow, so narrow at points that squirrels jump across. And packed with tourists during the summer season because it's close and accessible to Jasper town. Except this day.
Because as you can see, on our visit, it's raining pretty good. And that rain drives off the tour buses and Japanese women with designer handbags. Luckily we had ponchos.
Maligne Lake, the lake formed by the waters in the canyon, is also usually a top tourist destination with cruises out to a Spirit Island. I provided the wiki link/picture. It's one of the most photographed islands in the world. I, your avid photographer, did not photograph spirit island and in fact did not even get on the cruise to the island. The reason? It poured. We sat in the cafeteria with a tourbus full of old people and ate bowls of soup. I think the lake has a certain charm when it's shrouded in rainclouds.
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