The Saga of Kootenai Brown
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Kootenai Brown was perhaps western Canada’s most legendary frontiersman, and there are lots of tales about him…
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Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park - Part 1
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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.
Read MoreA Soft Landing in Vulcan - Star Trek Capital of Canada
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As long as we were checking out the world’s largest dinosaur, we figured we should check out other possible interesting sights in the area. There were several, but the world’s largest bee, the world’s largest dragonfly and the ‘World Famous Gopher Hole Museum’ (yes, really!) were all too far away and in the wrong direction. Vulcan, however, the self-proclaimed ‘Star Trek Capital of Canada’ was right on the way (sorta).
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