Page 10 - Boca Exposure - August '20

Page 10, Boca Exposure
Canadian Rockies: Splendor Beyond Belief

By Don Kiselewski, MCC,
D.S., Palm Beach Gardens
Travel Leaders
I’m often asked what I
believe is the most beautiful
spot on the North American
continent … my consistent
reply has always been the
Canadian Rockies. The
Canadian portion of the
Rocky Mountain range
is, arguably, the most
spectacular. The Rockies themselves actually stretch down
to the Sangre de Cristo Range in north-central New Mexico
… considered the southern boundary, northwest to the Yukon
Territory’s Arctic Rockies. In all, the Rockies form a nearly
continuous range on the western edge of the North American
continent that is more than 3,000 miles long. Ranging from
70 to more than 300 miles in width, the Rockies cover more
than 300,000 square miles. Only the Andes Mountains of
South America are longer.
Many of the major rivers of North America originate in
the Rockies, and the peaks and ridges of the Rockies divide
the continent. The waters in the rivers of the Missouri,
Yellowstone, Platte and Arkansas find their way eastward to
the Atlantic Ocean. The Pacific receives the westward flow Banff Springs Hotel Photos by Don Kiselewski
from the Snake, Colorado, Columbia, Frazer and Yukon
rivers. miles northwest to the headwaters of
Geographically, the Rockies are divided into four the Yukon River. Bordering the trench
sections … Southern, Middle, Northern and Arctic ranges. on the west are the Purcell and Selkirk
The Southern portion starts in New Mexico and continues mountain ranges.
northwesterly into Wyoming. Included in this range is Mount About 130 miles north of the U.S./
Elbert, the highest peak in the Rockies, which reaches 14,433 Canada border, on the eastern side of
feet. This is but one of the fifty-five peaks in Colorado that the Canadian Rockies is an important
soar above 14,000 feet including Long Peak and Pikes stop on the Canadian Pacific Railroad.
Peak, two of the most well-known mountains in America. It started out as just another whistle
The Middle Rockies cover a major portion of Utah, Idaho, stop on the Trans-Canada rail route,
Montana and Wyoming. Most dramatic in this portion of however, today, it is the nucleus of
the Rockies is the majestic Teton Range. the “Jewel of the Rockies” – Banff
The phrase “you ain’t seen anything yet” could never National Park. Founded over a century
be truer than when you continue north from Montana into ago, it is the third oldest national park
Canada for the next 1,000 miles. It is here where the Front in the world. It was established as
Range – or Canadian Rockies – have taken form and stand a national park to preserve the hot
alone in their magnificent splendor. West of the Front Range springs that are just outside of the
lies the Rocky Mountain Trench, which extends some 900 present day town of Banff. These
springs were first noted during the
CDC COVID-19 Travel construction of the transcontinental
railroad in the 1880s.
When the railroad was built, there
Recommendations By weren’t any hotel chains plopping
Country down dozens of lodgings for the
travelers. The railroad found itself in
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/ the hotel-building business along with
map-and-travel-notices.html
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