Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park - Part 1

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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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A Soft Landing in Vulcan - Star Trek Capital of Canada

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A Soft Landing in Vulcan - Star Trek Capital of Canada

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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The Dinosaurs of Drumheller

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The Dinosaurs of Drumheller

Our original plan was to continue south from Banff to Waterton Lakes National Park. As usual, we got a little sidetracked. I ran across a reference to the World’s Largest Dinosaur… in Drumheller about 160 miles east of Banff via Calgary. How could we pass up such an opportunity?

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