Waterton National Park

From our delightful stay at Beaver Mines we backtracked to Crowsnest Pass to the " Frank Slide". This is the site of Canada's worst ever landslide that destroyed much of this small mining settlement.

This is near the site called "Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump" and the plains once were covered in Bison and Buffalo
We drove on and saw the Waterton Ranges raising above the plains. They are not surrounded with foothills!

                                                        Our first sight of Waterton
We had our first stop just inside the Park boundaries at Lower Waterton Lake where we had a picnic lunch.We then drove to the Cameron Lake for a long walk around the foreshores.

I did think of that rock slide while Gail was taking the photo! This was a magnificent view on the way to the lake.

Gail was still looking for bears! There were no signs in "Bear Grunt" language warning them of the dangerous and unpredictable behaviour of tourists!

Our accommodation at Waterton overlooks the main lake. Very comfortable.

                                                          A Selfie from our verandah

Later in the afternoon we went for a drive to see more wildlife.We saw Mule Deer and Elk

We think this is a Mule Deer but it could be a White Tailed Deer

We saw part of a herd of 900 Elk. They come out of the forest in the late afternoon. They were a fair distance from us but it was interesting to watch their behaviour at Rutting Season. We were" Deer voyeurs"
 We actually heard them long could see them!