Saskatchewan's Flatlanders
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The weather was the worst I had ever experienced: lower than -20C, 50km/hr strong winds. No cell signal, only relied on downloaded AllTrails app. Followed that offline navigation, hiked 18km in that no people area. With trapped snow, stones, and ice… and strong winds, felt the end of the world. But the blue ice cave in front of me was so attractive, where the blue region looked like so close, but it was 2km away. The rest 2km distance walked on ice most of time… My camera was almost frozen, not a perfect photo, but showed the hiking road to glacier.
Canon EOS R5, EF24-70mm f/2.8L II USM
ISO100, f/11, 24mm, 1/400s
Looking west from the David Thompson Highway (Alberta Hwy 11) at this huge mountain that dominates the terrain around Banff's Saskatchewan Crossing.
A larger view with the Wilson Ice Field in view in comments.
Happy Friday!
I composed this image while traveling through south Saskatchewan Province in Canada. The prairies: big skies; clear horizons; entrancing colours; deep thoughts and limitless possibilities.
In 2 days of driving through Saskatchewan I have seen more foxes than 40 years in Alberta.
Not to mention the abundant road kill factor unfortunately. Why is that?
I saw this landscape out of the corner of my eye and stopped right before the bridge to take photos.
A few minutes later another car stopped. The driver got out and I heard him shout "Wow". Then he came to me and said he just stopped to see what I was photographing and he thanked me because otherwise he wouldn't have seen this landscape
Out for a drive and this beautiful cloud was raining on the canola crop. It is so nice to see some rain to help our crops grow. Saskatchewan prairie, Canada.
Thank you for viewing my sky art photography.
North Saskatchewan River viewed from the Siffleur Falls Trail in the Kootenay Plains Ecological Reserve off of Highway 11 (David Thompson Highway) in Bighorn Backcountry Alberta Canada
Continuing my "Critters In Winter" series, here's a beetle sauntering along the ice in February. Not exactly attractive, this one, but it attracted my attention. Who knew? And where was it going? And to do what? And why?
There's nothing to eat out there in February; there's no one to mate with. But there it was, activated by unseen forces, marching across a frozen wasteland like Sir John Franklin's crew after their ships went down in the Arctic in 1848.
As I recall, this was a cold day. I walked along the frozen Frenchman River, unconcerned about the ice cracking. It was a solid mass. I didn't last very long out there, and - I'm sure - neither did the beetle.
Photographed on the Frenchman River northwest of Val Marie, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2014 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
Parker Ridge Trail is a very much recommended trail along the Icefield's Parkway. Marked out as a "must-do" hike both by my Lonely Planet Guide and a local tour guide, this short hike was incredibly rewarding. (Please follow the marked trail, to help avoid erosion)
Thanks to the Icefield's Parkway, you get a head start - parking your car at an altitude of 2025 metres. 2-2,5 km later you have climbed about 250 metres higher, and has a splendid view over the Saskatchewan Glacier and the glacier valley below.
The Saskatchewan glacier is the largest outflow glacier from the Columbia Icefield. As many other glaciers, it is in decline. The Saskatchewan Glacier has retreated a lot, as seen in the photos on this page:
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Location: Parker Ridge Trail / Saskatchewan Glacier, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.
Dog River (Rouleau) Saskatchewan.
The grain-elevator from the TV show "Corner Gas".
Many Corner Gas set buildings are gone now.
The main gas station and diner set: demolished.
The Food Market: burned down.
The police station: demolished due to crumbling foundation.
And finally, this grain elevator: burned down.
Three Great Western Railway GEs pull a long string of empties from storage near Coronach, Saskatchewan on July 19, 2023.
Saskatchewan has many beautiful areas this is the Saskatchewan River which is in the valley. The valleys are very long and winding giving a beautiful sight from the air.
This photograph is of the North Saskatchewan River as it winds through Alberta, Canada's David Thompson Country. On this brief road trip, I followed scenic Highway 11 as it tracked the fur trading trails of David Thompson, the fearless explorer who mapped Canada from the Great Lakes to the Pacific.
David Thompson Country is located in West Central Alberta, just north of Calgary. The area boasts amazing natural and cultural history and its hiking trails and camping sites showcase mother nature’s very best.
The Cree name for the Saskatchewan River was “Kisiskatchewanisipi” or “swift-flowing river.” The modern spelling Saskatchewan was adopted in 1882 when the area became a district of the North West Territories (it would later become a Canadian province in 1905).
Saskatchewan River Crossing marks the half way point between Banff and Jasper. The glacial fed river flows all the way to the Arctic Ocean via Hudson Bay.
A westbound grain train rolls through a sea of recently harvested fields near Belle Plaine Saskatchewan
Le Canadien, CANADÀ 2024
The Canadian (Le Canadien) is the flagship transcontinental passenger rail service operated by VIA Rail Canada, the country's national railway company.
Iconic Route: This train is famous for its long, scenic journey, connecting major cities in Eastern and Western Canada. The classic route runs from Toronto to Vancouver (or vice-versa).
Duration and Distance: The full trip covers approximately 4,466 km (2,775 miles) and takes about four days and four nights, traversing five provinces and three time zones.
Scenery: The journey is renowned for its stunning and varied landscapes. It crosses the rugged forests of Northern Ontario, the vast expanse of the Prairies in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, and culminates in the spectacular majesty of the Rocky Mountains in Alberta and British Columbia.
Onboard Experience: The service is notable for offering a comfortable, full-service rail cruise experience. It includes sleeping cars of various classes (such as Prestige and Sleeper Plus), panoramic lounge cars (Skyline and Park Car), and dining cars where meals are prepared and served onboard.
Grain elevator in Englefeld Saskatchewan in the summer of August 2024. Taken with a Canon Canonet on 400 Fuji film.
The Saskatchewan Legislative Building was built between 1908 and 1912 in the Beaux Arts style to a design by Edward and William Sutherland Maxwell of Montreal. The Maxwells also supervised construction of the building by the Montreal company P. Lyall & Sons, who later built the Centre Block of the federal Parliament Building in Ottawa after the 1866 Parliament Building was destroyed by fire in 1916. Piles began to be drilled for the foundations during the autumn of 1908 and in 1909 the Governor General of Canada, the Earl Grey, laid the cornerstone. In 1912, Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, by then the serving governor general, inaugurated the building.
People enjoying a boat race on Wascana Lake north of the Legislative Building circa 1910.
The design contemplates expansion of the building by the addition of wings extending south from the east and west ends and coming together to form a courtyard. The plans originally called for the exterior of the building to be red brick but after construction had begun and red bricks were already on the site, Premier Walter Scott decided that Manitoba Tyndall stone would give the building greater grandeur and the plans were adjusted with the substitution increasing the building cost by $50,000. The total cost of construction came to $1.75 million by the time of its opening in October 1912, ten months after the assembly had begun meeting in the yet-uncompleted building.
Of historical significance, the table that was used during the meeting of the Fathers of Confederation in Quebec City in 1864 resides in the building's library, albeit with six feet of it removed. Lieutenant-Governor Edgar Dewdney of the North-West Territories brought the table to Regina, which was the capital of the territory at the time. It was used in the offices of the Indian commissioner for Manitoba and the North-West Territories until 1896. Six feet of the table length was removed from the middle so that it could fit within the limited confines of the Prince Edward Building, the temporary home of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan while the Saskatchewan Legislative Building was under construction.