Wild Canada
In Explore, www.flickr.com/explore/2023/01/08
Good memories
There aren't many moments I can say about, it was an extraordinarily intense one that touched my heart to the core. That was one of those you'll probably never forget for the rest of your life. The previous photo with the big bull moose preceded this one, because the day started exactly with this encounter as we drove through Jasper National Park early in the morning towards Medicine Lake and later a little further down Maligne Lake. The day started with a lot of freshly fallen snow that had turned the whole landscape into a winter wonderland overnight and that was already at the end of September. The roads weren't all clear of snow yet, but we were almost alone on the way there and we really liked that. We were amazed when we saw that even the two lakes were already partially frozen. A few days earlier we still had relatively warm autumn days with nice and warm colors. We experienced here how quickly things can change in the Canadian Rocky Mountains and we still couldn't really believe it. At the latest, however, when we were all hiking through the freshly snow-covered winter landscape, we could feel it on our own bodies. The cold was extreme but the experience was all the more intense.
This photo of Medicine Lake was taken on the drive back from Maligne Lake which we had previously visited and where we were so lucky to go hiking in the wintry area. The sky was overcast all morning and when we got to this vantage point, it opened before our astonished eyes as if commanded from heaven. Incredibly beautiful and more intense than almost any other experience in my life. All we could do was stand there and gratefully accept this gift from heaven. How amazing creation, nature is and we can be so thankful for it.
You might be wondering why there are black spots on the left and right side of the picture. Well, this isn't due to underexposure of the camera angles, it's due to the fact that a forest fire was raging here 2 years before we arrived in Jasper. Like everything else in this beautiful country, the portion belonged to the Indians before the white man came.
Why is it called Medicine Lake?
Medicine Lake, its name derived from the Indian word MDE-WAKAN (meaning lake of the spirit), was named by the Wahpeton Sioux after a warrior overturned in his canoe and his body never recovered. The Indians believed the lake held a great spirit. The first settlers shortened the name to Medicine Lake.
Medicine Lake also boasts a healthy population of rainbow trout and brook trout and is a fly fisherman's paradise.Wildlife is surprisingly abundant along this high altitude lake. Grizzly bear, black bear, mule deer, caribou, wolves, moose and mountain sheep are some of the larger mammals that frequent the lake area during the summer season. Bald eagles, and osprey also frequent the area and live off the fish populations.
A part of my heart is attached to this place, stayed in Canada to this day and I hope to return there one day as God's willing.
I wish you the tender impatience of spring the mild growth of the summer, the quiet maturity of autumn and the wisdom of the sublime winter.
- Irish blessing
When you were born you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die the world cries and you rejoice.
- Cherokee
Mark Knopfler - Dream Of The Drowned Submariner
Wild Canada
In Explore, www.flickr.com/explore/2023/01/08
Good memories
There aren't many moments I can say about, it was an extraordinarily intense one that touched my heart to the core. That was one of those you'll probably never forget for the rest of your life. The previous photo with the big bull moose preceded this one, because the day started exactly with this encounter as we drove through Jasper National Park early in the morning towards Medicine Lake and later a little further down Maligne Lake. The day started with a lot of freshly fallen snow that had turned the whole landscape into a winter wonderland overnight and that was already at the end of September. The roads weren't all clear of snow yet, but we were almost alone on the way there and we really liked that. We were amazed when we saw that even the two lakes were already partially frozen. A few days earlier we still had relatively warm autumn days with nice and warm colors. We experienced here how quickly things can change in the Canadian Rocky Mountains and we still couldn't really believe it. At the latest, however, when we were all hiking through the freshly snow-covered winter landscape, we could feel it on our own bodies. The cold was extreme but the experience was all the more intense.
This photo of Medicine Lake was taken on the drive back from Maligne Lake which we had previously visited and where we were so lucky to go hiking in the wintry area. The sky was overcast all morning and when we got to this vantage point, it opened before our astonished eyes as if commanded from heaven. Incredibly beautiful and more intense than almost any other experience in my life. All we could do was stand there and gratefully accept this gift from heaven. How amazing creation, nature is and we can be so thankful for it.
You might be wondering why there are black spots on the left and right side of the picture. Well, this isn't due to underexposure of the camera angles, it's due to the fact that a forest fire was raging here 2 years before we arrived in Jasper. Like everything else in this beautiful country, the portion belonged to the Indians before the white man came.
Why is it called Medicine Lake?
Medicine Lake, its name derived from the Indian word MDE-WAKAN (meaning lake of the spirit), was named by the Wahpeton Sioux after a warrior overturned in his canoe and his body never recovered. The Indians believed the lake held a great spirit. The first settlers shortened the name to Medicine Lake.
Medicine Lake also boasts a healthy population of rainbow trout and brook trout and is a fly fisherman's paradise.Wildlife is surprisingly abundant along this high altitude lake. Grizzly bear, black bear, mule deer, caribou, wolves, moose and mountain sheep are some of the larger mammals that frequent the lake area during the summer season. Bald eagles, and osprey also frequent the area and live off the fish populations.
A part of my heart is attached to this place, stayed in Canada to this day and I hope to return there one day as God's willing.
I wish you the tender impatience of spring the mild growth of the summer, the quiet maturity of autumn and the wisdom of the sublime winter.
- Irish blessing
When you were born you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die the world cries and you rejoice.
- Cherokee
Mark Knopfler - Dream Of The Drowned Submariner