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The park represents a small
portion of the Crown of the Continent where ecosystems from north, south,
east and west converge at the narrowest point in the Rocky Mountain
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Movement of the Lewis Thrust
Fault gave rise to the park's abrupt meeting of mountains and prairie.
Powerful forces shoved colorful rock formations toward the sky. Since
that time, the ancient rock has continually eroded and moved from high
elevations to be deposited on the plains below. Grasslands reached into
mountain valleys, sweeping up their lower slopes. This meeting of plant
communities is one example of why Waterton supports a wide array of
wildlife. However, the only wildlife the two RV Gypsies saw here on
this date, was a few deer. |
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Below: Cameron Falls |
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The water in the creek under
the water fall was crystal clear. Karen Duquette photographed a bird
on a rock as it was leaning over towards the water (a butt shot). Then
the bird fell into the water, and unfortunately it could not fly out
of the water and got washed away down the creek and probably never made
it to safety. So Sad! |
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Below: Emerald Bay and the
marina |
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Below: Linnet
Lake and a no-swimming notice due to "Swimmers Itch"
being prevalent |
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Below: The two RV Gypsies
stopped for a picnic lunch. |
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Below; Karen
Duquette loved the brightly colored rocks, especially the big one shown
below that was purple with some orange stripes. |
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It started raining and was
cold outside. The two RV Gypsies entered the "kitchen cabin"
at the picnic site. A biker person was inside waiting for the rain to
stop before he got back on his motorcycle. He had a nice, warm fire
made, so the two RV Gypsies enjoyed the warmth of the fire as Karen
finished her lunch. |
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