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01020 30 WILLMORE WILDERNESS PARK Kilometres Miles PHONE NUMBERS 0 5 10 15 2 Campgrounds Smoky Azure Rock JASPER area code (403) CHOWN Lake 9 Points of interest (p. 20) GLACIER Blue Creek EMERGENCY NUMBERS APM Automated pass machine (p.11) Ambulance/fire 852-3100 Twintree Creek Lake Hostel R.C.M.Police 852-4848 WARDENS (24hr) 852-3100 Topaz Accommodation Lake OTHER NUMBERS Visitor Centre Swoda ? Snake Jasper Information Centre 852-6176 River CALUMET Trail GLACIERS Indian Indian Jasper Park Administration 852-6162 Calumet Snake Warden Office (non-emergency) 852-6155 Peak Trail Office (May - Oct.) 852-6177 Moosehorn Icefield Information Centre 852-6288 Snake Indian Falls Palisades Environmental Centre 852-6192 Upright Brûlé to Lake Edmonton Robson (370 km) MT. ROBSON River Creek ROBSON GLACIERS PROV. PARK Roche Ronde 16 B. Miette Road Celestine This winding road up the Fiddle Valley leads to the Miette Hotsprings (#2). Stop at the Snaring River Lake 1 Fiddle JASPER Roche Pocahonas Coal Mine Interpretive Trail, and NATIONAL Miette the Ashlar Ridge viewpoint along the way. Mystery Open MID-MAY to OCT. PARK Jasper Lake ALBERTA Snaring Lake Jasper Talbot Lake 2 BRITISH Miette COLUMBIA Utopia River to Prince D. Yellowhead Highway (#16) George Rocky East of Jasper, the highway follows the (363 km) and River 2 route of the fur traders. Stop at the Disaster Kamloops Bridgeland (439 km) from Point pull-offs, the Jasper House National Jasper Pyramid Historic Site viewpoint, Talbot Lake, and the Roche River unusual Sand Dunes at Jasper Lake. West 16 Yellowhead Pyramid Bonhomme Lake Lake of Jasper, the historic Yellowhead Pass 3 APM leads to British Columbia. Jacques BANFF JASPER Maligne Lake ? APM YOHO NATIONAL N.P. 6 British Lake Louise 3 Tekarra Beaver C. Maligne Valley Drive Field Whistlers 4 Five Medicine4 Lake Columbia Alberta PARK Lakes Lake Allow plenty of time to stop Banff and take pictures on this Jasper Canmore 93 River scenic drive (#3-5). Watch A Yoho Banff KOOTENAY 5 T for wildlife along the way. H Kootenay N.P. Amethyst Helmet Medicine ABA The Lake S Ramparts C River Cavell A Tent Radium Astoria Lake 93A Hardisty 1 Balingard River Moab 5 A. Highway #93A Lake 7 Athabasca Maligne Part of the original route to Banff, this quiet road rejoins the Falls Lake Kerkeslin Samson Icefields Parkway at Athabasca Falls. Providing access to the Peak A L B E R T A Mount Edith Cavell Road (#1 open JUNE to OCT) and the C O L U M B I A River Geral- Cairn Meeting of the Waters picnic area - an historical site of the early B R I T I SH dine 8 Lakes Charlton fur trade in the area. Slower speed limits make this a great 6 Maligne Fryatt River wildlife watching road -- look for moose. Southesk 7 Lake Christie Buck River Monkhead Lake Southesk Dalhousie E. Icefields Parkway (#93N) Brussels Sunwapta Whirlpool Falls Brazeau Built for leisurely sightseeing, the Parkway Peak 9 winds around mountains and climbs through Sunwapta BRAZEAU RIVER ICEFIELD high passes on its 230 km journey from Jasper to Lake Louise, and through scenes River HOOKER and experiences you’ll never forget (#6-11). ICEFIELD HAMBER Pobokta PROV. PARK Fortress n River Olympus Arrive early - campsites are available on a first-come, first-served basis only. 8 Creek Lake Gong Jonas Lake FRONTCOUNTRY CAMPSITES Brazeau River Creek FULL ELEC FLUSH DRY SANI DIS INTERP 93 Poboktan Lake JASPER OPEN DATES # SITES H-U ONLY TOIL TOIL SHOW DUMP ACC PROG FEE** Wooley Sunwapta Brazeau 1 Pocahontas May 15 - Oct. 13 140 yes $13.00 Chaba Alberta Stanley 2 Snaring River May 15 - Sep. 27 66 yes $10.00 Falls Marble 3 Whistlers May 8 - Oct. 13 781 77 100 yes coin yes yes yes $15-$22 4 Wapiti (summer) *June 12 - Sep. 14 362 40 yes coin yes yes $15-$18 Chaba Snowdome Kitchener 4 Wapiti (winter) Oct 14 - May '99 228 40 yes $14-$16 9 A Cooperating Association COLUMBIA ICEFIELD APM 11 with Parks Canada 5 Wabasso *June 26 - Sep. 7 228 yes yes yes $13.00 The Twins 10 ? 10 6 Mt. Kerkeslin June 12 - Sep. 7 42 yes $10.00 Columbia 7 Honeymoon Lake May 15 - snow 35 yes $10.00 BANFF 8 Jonas Creek May 15 - snow 25 yes $10.00 NATIONAL to Lake Louise PARK (230 km from Jasper) 9 Columbia Icefield May 15 - snow 33 yes $10.00 & Town of Banff (p. 16/17 (288 km from Jasper) 10 Wilcox Creek June 5 - Sep. 21 46 yes yes $10.00 12/13, & 15) Key: FULL H-U = full hook-up • ELEC = electricity • SHOW = showers • DIS ACC = disabled access INTERP PROG = interpretation program • *Also open May 15-18 • **Firewood $4.00 extra .