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18-Jul-2011 Jim Stiles

_MG_79573.jpg

Alberta, Canada

The Kananaskis

Kananaskis Country is a park system situated to the west of Calgary, Alberta, Canada in the foothills and front ranges of the Canadian Rockies. Kananaskis Country can be accessed by three highways that run into or through the area: Highway 40, a 66 km (41 mi) segment of the Bighorn Highway and also known as Kananaskis Trail; Highway 66, a 28 km (17 mi) highway originating near Bragg Creek known as Elbow Falls Trail; and Highway 68, a 42 km (26 mi) gravel highway originating from the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 1) known as Sibbald Creek Trail.

An ecological and environmental research station of the University of Calgary is located nearby, at Barrier Lake. A "Tim Horton Children's Foundation" summer camp is also located in the area. Easter Seals Camp Horizon is also located within Kananaskis along Highway 66.

The area is named for the Kananaskis River, which was named by John Palliser in 1858 after a Cree.

I will be traveling back to this area in the middle of September and am very excited to once again being active photographically!


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Robin Reid16-Sep-2014 05:39
Excellent detail!
waterfalls man09-Sep-2014 01:23
Excellent V!!
Alexander Kazakov27-Aug-2014 09:07
Superb in b/w! V
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