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Medicine Lake in Jasper National Park, AB, Canada.
Medicine Lake is a geologic anomaly in the sense that it is not actually a lake but rather an area in which the Maligne River (flowing from Maligne Lake into the Athabasca River) backs up and suddenly disappears underground. (Wikipedia)
Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park is a natural park in Canada straddling the Alberta / Saskatchewan boundary and jointly administered by the two provinces. Located south-east of Medicine Hat, it became Canada's first interprovincial park in 1989.
The park protects the majority of the Cypress Hills landscape, which consists of three separate elevated blocks of lush forest and fescue grassland surrounded by dry mixed-grass prairie. The "west block" and "centre block" are protected as provincial parks, and are managed by Alberta Parks and Protected Areas and Saskatchewan Parks, respectively.
The Cypress Hills plateau rises up to 200 metres above the surrounding prairie, to a maximum elevation of 1,468 metres at "Head of the Mountain" at the west end in Alberta, making it Canada's highest point between the Canadian Rockies and the Labrador Peninsula. The "West Block" of the Cypress Hills spans the provincial boundary. Battle Creek runs through the central part of the park.
Approximately 700 species of plants and animals thrive in the park, including 14 species of orchids; four species of large hoofed mammals (Wapiti, Mule Deer, White-tailed Deer, and Pronghorn); 45 other species of mammal; and many birds species. .(wikipedia)
Cypress Hills Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada. August 2008.
The view from the top of the Scenic Point Trail at Mt. Sinopah, Two Medicine Lake and Rising Wolf Mountain. Doesn't look like it from here but the lake is 2 miles long.
"The region was considered sacred ground by several Native American tribes including the Blackfeet and they performed Vision quests here. Aside from Chief Mountain, the Two Medicine area is the most sacred section of the park to the Blackfeet." Wiki
Have a wonderful Monday and week ahead!
Medicine Lake in Jasper National Park, AB, Canada.
Medicine Lake is a geologic anomaly in the sense that it is not actually a lake but rather an area in which the Maligne River (flowing from Maligne Lake into the Athabasca River) backs up and suddenly disappears underground. (Wikipedia)
An early morning shot of Mt. Sinopah rising nobly above Two Medicine Lake.
The Blackfeet Indians considered the Two Medicine area "The Backbone of the World! They used this portion of what would eventually become Glacier National Park for vision quests and spiritual celebrations.
It is indeed a special area. I agree as this is one of my favorite places to be. I'm overdue for a return....
Have a wonderful Friday and weekend!
Tried for something unique at the old Two
Medicine. I found that finding foreground was bit tough
here. Luckily there was this super beautiful old piece of
flotsam and close enough to the shore to plant my
camera right in front.
Let me know what you think!
Mirror Lake there in the southeast mountains of Wyoming ... just a little bit of open water on the lake as winter was still in control there at the beginning of summer.
Captured with the CPL filter.