Your National Parks, with Detailed Information for Tourists
John Stuart Mill · en
The principal short trip is by automobile to the summit of Mount
Revelstoke, 15 miles in each direction. Automobiles holding four
persons may be hired for $3.50 per hour. There are no hotels or
permanent camps in the Park; for extended trips arrangements must be
made with outfitters in Revelstoke.
WATERTON LAKES PARK
Location: Southern Alberta, immediately north of the United States
Glacier Park. Area: 423 square miles. Season: June to October.
Address of Superintendent: Waterton Mills, Alberta.
WATERTON LAKES VILLAGE is 60 miles from McLeod and 40 miles from
Pincher Creek on the Crowsnest Division of the Canadian Pacific
Railway. There is an automobile road from both places, but the longer
route from McLeod is said to be the better. There is also a wagon road
from the northern boundary of the United States Glacier Park to
Waterton Lakes Village. The only stopping-place at Waterton Lakes
Village is Hazzard's Hotel and Camp; rates $2.00 a day.
BUFFALO PARK
Location: Eastern Alberta. Area: 160 square miles. Season: June to
September. Address of superintendent: Wainwright, Alberta.
BUFFALO PARK is immediately south of Wainwright, on the Grand Trunk
Pacific Railway. There are two hotels in Wainwright--The Wainwright
and The Park--with rates of $2.50 a day. This Park has no special
scenic attraction, its chief feature of interest being the herd of
2400 buffalo. About 75 buffalo are kept in a paddock about two miles
from the town, but it is said that a large number may be seen in a
day's drive.
ELK ISLAND PARK
Location: Eastern Alberta. Area: 16 square miles. Address of
superintendent: Lamont, Alberta.
ELK ISLAND PARK is 3 miles south of Lamont on the Canadian Pacific
Railway. The nearest hotel is in the town of Lamont. The Park is
strictly an animal reservation and has no scenic features.
ST. LAWRENCE ISLANDS PARK
Location: Southern Ontario. Area: 140 acres. Season: May to
October.
ST. LAWRENCE ISLANDS PARK is located among the Thousand Islands of the
St. Lawrence River and consists of a number of small islands. It is
reached from Clayton, New York, on the New York Central Railroad, and
from Kingston, Ontario, on the Grand Trunk Railway. Some islands on
the New York side of the international boundary are owned by the State
of New York and maintained as public reservations. The principal
hotels in the Thousand Islands are at Clayton, Thousand Island Park,
and Alexandria Bay, all in New York.
FORT HOWE PARK
Location: Adjacent to the city of St. John, New Brunswick. Area:
19 acres. Season: Throughout the year.
FORT HOWE PARK was created solely for historic purposes and contains
an old fort, memorials of the Canadian Loyalists, and relics and
exhibits of the old French régime.
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Adams, James Capen, 301.
Altitude, not harmful, 331, 333, 349.
Altyn Lake, 149, 150.
Amethyst Mountain, petrified forests in, 45-50.
Andrews Glacier, 180, 187.