Banff, Lake Minnewanka & Vermilion Lake.

Continuing the catch up of our wifi less days - I have compressed two days of visits into one post.
                                                                               

 Banff Cave & Basin, the discovery of the original hot springs by Frank McCabe and brothers William and Tom McCardell in 1883. Their efforts at trying to exploit the springs for commercial gain resulted in this becoming the first National Park in Canada in 1885.

The basin, no longer used, there is a long tunnel carved through the rock to get. The light in the top left hand corner is sunlight coming down he shaft, discovered by the 3 railway workers.

 The original plunge pond dating back to the end of the 19th. century 

The original swimming pool, built in 1913 closed in 1994. Now used as an open air theatre.The swimming pool is now at The Upper Hot Springs.

 The Hoodoos looking over the Bow River.

Chipmunk wondering if it can get in the trailer.

Another view from the campground, 

Lake Minnewanka.

Same lake, same mountain taken from where The Cascade River enters the Lake.

The Cascade River flowing through Stewart Canyon 

The Stewart Canyon Bridge.

Vermilion Lake

This Slipper Orchid on the Fenland Trial, we walked this trail before driving along the lake.

Looking across the lake, is that Canada Goose sitting on a nest?

 Drive a bit further and get closer, looks very happy, sitting on its eggs and watching the world go by.