Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park - Part 1

Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park - Part 1

Waterton Lakes is a national park as well as a UN-designated biosphere reserve. From the Waterton-Glacier brochure we learned that Canada and the USA “recognized the worldwide importance of their two national parks (Waterton Lakes NP & Glacier NP)… and united to create the world’s first International Peace Park in 1932 to share responsibility for its care and protection.” The Peace Park celebrates and symbolizes the peace and friendship between Canada and the USA along its unguarded border.

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Lake Louise - The Ultimate Wow

Lake Louise - The Ultimate Wow

We’d never visited Lake Louise before so we weren’t quite ready for the absolute awe we felt when we first saw the lake… brilliant blue-green and crystal clear with a backdrop of mountains. We were gobsmacked. We snapped photo after photo from all different vantage points. It was beautiful no matter how you looked at it.

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