Shunda Creek Hostel to Siffleur Falls Ho Coliseum Rn (Shunda Mtn.) Mtn -From the Hostel Ride 3 Km on the Shunda Ck
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B ig Mnt. Baldy Shunda Creek Hostel to Siffleur Falls ho Coliseum rn (Shunda Mtn.) Mtn -From the Hostel ride 3 km on the Shunda Ck. Recreation Rd to Hwy 11. 734 Start Km0 -Turn RIGHT on Hwy 11 heading W toward the mtns. 124.4 Shunda Creek 1.9 -Junction with Hwy 734 122.5 Hostel R 8.0 -Goldeye center on the right. 116.4 an Nordegg ge 12.3B -Access to campground on the N side of the Hwy. 112.1 ra Fish (Shunda) z Goldeye e 17.3a -Rest Stop @ Service Station on the Hwy (Fuel, food...etc) 107.1 Lake Lake u R a 17.8 -Crescentn Falls access on the right. g 106.6 e Rest Stop @ 11 734 20.1 -Crossing the Bighorn River 104.3 Service Station 22.8 -Bighorn Dam turnoff on the left 101.6 25.4 -Lake Abraham. The Hwy follows the shore for the next 30km. 99.0 horn River ig F 31.0 B C er -Allstones Creek crossing. 93.4 a wa Riv r e n l e h l tc s s ka 33.2 c s -Rest Stop @ large roadside turnout/viewpt – Mt Michener, elev. 2337m 91.2 e Sa n t h rt 45.5 -Rest Stop @ David Thompson Resort; motel, camping, gas, food 78.9 o N 47.7 -Cline River Crossing 76.7 57.5 -Preacher’s Point. Access for launching boats or canoes 66.9 62.2 -Siffleur Falls trailhead on the LEFT, S side of Hwy. 62.2 734 Rest Stop @ Did You Know That... P e Big k horn -Siffleur is a French word meaning large roadside Dam nes Ck. a Allsto L “whistler”. The “whistlers” are the viewpt for Mt. r Excoelis e marmots that live in the Siffleur River v i Mtn Michener canyon. They communicate with each R other (especially when alarmed) by 11 an ew making a whistling sound. ch 11 at Siffleur -Lake Abraham is an artificial lake sk Sa Falls Mnt. created in 1972 by the damming of the h rt Stelfox North Saskatchewan River by the Big o N Mt. Horn Dam. Michener S -Lake Abraham is named after Silas i f David f Siffleur Falls Trail - 8km return(to l e Thompson Abraham, a Stoney Indian guide who u r Resort 1st falls); allow 2hrs return R was very active in the Kooteney Plains iv area in the late 1800’s and early er m Rest Stop @ Cline River a 1900’s. The trail crosses the North h a David Thompson -The Brazeau Collieries (coal mine) in Sentinel r Saskatchewan River via a blue b Resort Nordegg was once the largest Mtn. A producer of coal briquettes in Canada. suspension bridge, then at the two-km Elliot The mine was in operation from just mark crosses the Siffleur River, Peak 2nd Falls after WW1 to the mid 1950’s when reaching the falls after four km; allow Mnt. coal prices collapsed. Many of the Ernest Mnt. 1 hr. one-way. These are the official Ross William buildings remain in good shape 3rd Falls Booth R Siffleur Falls, but a 2nd falls lies Siffleur Falls am despite the passage of half a century. In 2002 the Brazeau Collieries were farther upstream at the 6.2-km mark Trail declared a National Historic Site. and the 3rd falls at the 6.9-km mark. Parking Area, R s a . k n l l e g R a Left side of Hwy e ur e g e r n fl F if n S s 1600 r i ll C a r F o s u a s h e d o g 1500 l ) i r f n f u B C i m ( h 11 1400 S S Legend n o i t 1300 Route a v e 1200 Rest Stop l Hostel E 1100 Campground 1000 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 Picnic Site Distance from Shunda Creek Hostel (km) Start Nordegg to Rocky Mountain House Shunda Creek N o r Hostel th S Jackfish a Coliseum Rest Stop @ s k Mtn Lake a 734 Chambers t Crimson c h Creek Prov. Lake e Harlech w 11 Prov. Park a Prov. Campsite Campsite n 22 Nordegg Rest Stop @ Crimson Lake R Jackfish Lake i 11 Chambers Ck. v e 56 r Sask Campsite Prov. Campsite 7 Rocky h atchewa r B rt n ive Mountain ra o R z N 11 734 e a House u N o rth 598 11a 11a Sas kat R che an wa ge n 22 r Ri e ver iv 52 11 R 7 Finish, Rocky C l m e Legend a Mtn. House a R r Route w National Historic a t e Rest Stop Site Visitor Center r Cow Hostel Riv Lake er Campground 752 Picnic Site -From Shunda Creek Hostel, ride 3 km on the Shunda Creek Recreation Road to the junction with Hwy 11. Did You Know That... Km 0 -Jct. of Hwy 11 and Shunda Creek Recreation Road. Turn LEFT, heading East on Hwy 11. -Rocky Mountain House came into being because of the fur trade. The 1st Rocky Mountain House Trading post was 11.6 -Harlech provincial campsite (unserviced) established by the North West Company in 1799. The rival 23.1 -Saunders Canoe launch, river access on the right. Hudson’s Bay Company built Acton House close by. The 38.2 -Rest Stop @ Jackfish Lake turnoff on the LEFT. Unserviced campsites trading posts were built in the hopes of opening up trading 56.5 -Rest Stop @ Chambers Creek provincial campsite on the RIGHT. Unserviced campsites. Pump water. relationships with the Kootenay Indians west of the Rockies and tapping into the west coast fur trade. However, the posts 68.3 -Table Top Raceways. Access north side of highway. were in the Blackfoot territory, enemies of the Kootenay, so 79.1 -Jct. with Hwy 11a. Turn RIGHT on Hwy 11a to the South. Hwy 756 heads North at this junction. most of the trade was with the Blackfoot bands. 83.5 -Hwy 11a turns east. Turn LEFT and continue on Hwy 11a. Straight ahead is RR80. -After the merger of the North West Company and the 85.2 -Entrance to Rocky Mountain House Historic Site Turn RIGHT. Hudson’s Bay Company in 1821, the North West post was abandoned and Acton House was renamed Rocky Mountain 86.5 -Finish, Rocky Mountain House Historic Site Visitor Centre. Note: There is an entry fee of $2.45 per adult House. The post continued to operate sporadically until at the Historic Site. 1875. -David Thompson(1770 - 1857), explorer, fur trader, surveyor and map maker, used Rocky Mountain House as a base for exploring and setting up trade routes over the Rocky e e t i k Mountains. His fur trading and surveying assignments took s a 1500 e s c L i u him as far south and west as Astoria, Oregon and as far east r h o o s 1400 t ) i H as Lake Superior and as far north as Lake Athabasca. s f i m k n ( t H 1300 c k n l a e M J o a e i r n t 1200 y a o C k i v c t a e a 1100 o l d R N n E 1000 u h 900 S 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 Distance from Shunda Creek Hostel (km).