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Rocheuses Canadiennes Derrière les mots Pour une deuxième édition consécutive, la mise à jour du guide Ulysse Ouest canadien a été confiée à Annie Gilbert. À la suite de ses études en tourisme, Annie a oc- cupé plusieurs fonctions chez Ulysse. Elle a com- mencé comme libraire, pour ensuite se joindre à l’équipe des éditions où ses connaissances appro- fondies sont essentielles à la qualité de nos guides. Native de l’Abitibi, elle aime bien se retrouver sur un lac à pêcher tranquil- lement, mais aussi parcourir les boutiques branchées de Paris, New York et Londres. Annie a aussi contribué à la rédaction des guides Ulysse Croisières dans les Caraïbes, Hawaii, On va où aujourd’hui?, Boston, Le Québec, Ville de Québec, Escale à Washington, Escale à Calgary et Banff et Escale à Niagara Falls et la Route des vins. 3 La promenade des Glaciers et le parc national Jasper p. 31 Lake Louise et les environs de Banff p. 22 Le parc national Banff et la Bow Valley Parkway p. 14 De Golden au parc national Yoho p. 45 Le parc national Kootenay et ses environs p. 42 Les Rocheuses canadiennes Géographie 5 Attraits touristiques 14 Flore 7 Hébergement 48 Faune 9 Restaurants 61 Un peu d’histoire 10 Sorties 67 Vie économique 11 Achats 69 Accès et déplacements 11 Index 70 Renseignements utiles 12 guidesulysse.com 4 LES ROCHEUSES 0 40 80km Willmore Wilderness Provincial Park N Tête JauneCache Valemount Parc national Jasper Hinton 16 5 Pocahontas 16 Jasper Miette Hot Springs Blue River 32 Whitecourt Robb Medicine Cadomin Edson c Lake Edmonton 93 Mica Creek Maligne Lake 22 Sunwapta ALBERTA COLOMBIE- Falls 43 BRITANNIQUE 16 Mount Columbia 3747m Athabasca 23 Glacier Bighorn Wildland Columbia Recreation Icefield Area Drayton Valley White Goat Wilderness Area 11 Saskatchewan 1 River Crossing R Parc national o Revelstoke c du Mont-Revelstoke k y M Siffleur o 22 1 Wilderness Bighorn Wildland u c Area Recreation Area n ta Parc national i des Glaciers n 93 F Parc national o r 23 Golden e Shelter Bay Yoho s Parc national Rocky Mountain t Beaton Banff R House Field e s Galena Bay e e b r Lake v Louise e 95 Vermilion 1A Johnston Pass Canyon Marble Castle 22 Nakusp Canyon Mountain Parc national a Kootenay Banff Meadow Creek d Canmore Radium Hot Springs 93 Mount b Assiniboine 1 2 Provincial Park Calgary Les circuits 95 a Le parc national Banff et la Bow ValleyKananaskis Parkway Country b Lake Louise et les environs de Banff Calgary c La promenade des Glaciers et le parc national Jasper d Le parc national Kootenay et ses environs e De Golden au parc national Yoho guidesulysse.com 5 LES ROCHEUSES 0 40 80km haîne de hautes montagnes avec des sommets variant entre 3 000 m et 4 000 m, formée d’anciennes roches cristallines soulevées, bascu- lées, puis modulées par les glaciers, les Rocheuses canadiennes Willmore Wilderness C Provincial Park s’étendent le long de la frontière entre l’Alberta et la Colombie-Britannique. N À l’ouest, les monts Columbia et la chaîne Côtière, qui sillonnent prati- quement toute la Colombie-Britannique du nord au sud, forment avec les Tête JauneCache Rocheuses les plus importantes chaînes de l’Ouest canadien. Comptant environ 170 000 km2, cette vaste région, reconnue dans le monde entier pour ses Valemount attraits naturels hors du commun, accueille des millions de visiteurs chaque année. Des paysages de hautes montagnes d’une rare splendeur, des rivières déchaînées sur lesquelles les amateurs Parc national Jasper d’eaux vives s’en donnent à cœur joie, des lacs dont la couleur des eaux varie du vert émeraude Hinton 16 au bleu turquoise, une faune diversifiée dans les parcs, des stations de ski renommées et un parc 5 Pocahontas hôtelier d’une grande qualité, tout cela concourt à rendre votre séjour inoubliable. 16 Jasper Miette Hot Springs Les cinq circuits de ce chapitre vous permettront de découvrir les Rocheuses : Blue River 32 Whitecourt Robb Medicine Cadomin Edson Le parc national Banff et la Bow Valley Parkway c Lake Edmonton Lake Louise et les environs de Banff 93 La promenade des Glaciers et le parc national Jasper Mica Creek Maligne Le parc national Kootenay et ses environs Lake 22 De Golden au parc national Yoho Sunwapta ALBERTA COLOMBIE- Falls 43 BRITANNIQUE 16 Mount Columbia Géographie 3747m Athabasca 23 Glacier Bighorn Wildland L’histoire des Rocheuses commence il y a environ 600 millions d’années, époque à laquelle Recreation Columbia Drayton Valley Icefield Area une mer peu profonde recouvrait leur emplacement actuel. Des sédiments, entre autres d’argile White Goat Wilderness Area schisteuse, de roche limoneuse, de sable et de conglomérats, provenant de l’érosion, à l’est, 11 du Bouclier canadien, s’accumulèrent petit à petit, couche après couche, au fond de cette mer. Saskatchewan 1 River Crossing R Parc national o Sous la pression de leur propre poids, ces couches sédimentaires, qui parfois atteignaient une Revelstoke c du Mont-Revelstoke k y épaisseur de 20 km, se cristallisèrent pour enfin former une plate-forme rocheuse. C’est ce qui M Siffleur o 22 1 Wilderness Bighorn Wildland u explique la présence de fossiles marins tels que coquillages ou d’algues sur de nombreuses c Area Recreation Area n ta falaises; les schistes argileux de Burgess, dans le parc national Yoho, site inscrit sur la Liste du Parc national i des Glaciers n 93 F patrimoine mondial de l’UNESCO depuis 1981, constituent l’un des sites fossilifères les plus Parc national o r 23 Golden e Shelter Bay Yoho s importants du monde et contiennent les restes fossilisés de près de 140 espèces. Parc national Rocky Mountain t Beaton Banff R House Field e s Il y a environ 160 millions d’années, le plateau continental nord-américain s’est déplacé vers Galena Bay e e b r Lake v l’ouest au-dessus d’une plaque océanique, refaçonnant les formations rocheuses jusqu’à ce Louise e 95 qu’elles se modèlent en une série de chaînes de montagnes, dont quatre font aujourd’hui partie Vermilion 1A Johnston Pass Canyon des Rocheuses. Les premières à émerger furent la chaîne occidentale des Rocheuses, entre Golden Marble Géographie Castle 22 Nakusp Canyon Mountain et Radium Hot Springs, et la chaîne occidentale principale, située à l’ouest de la Kootenay River. Parc national a Ces chaînes sont maintenant protégées en partie par les parcs nationaux de Yoho et Kootenay. - Kootenay La chaîne orientale principale fut créée ensuite. Elle comprend les 20 sommets les plus élevés Banff des Rocheuses canadiennes, dont le mont Robson (3 954 m). Ils forment la ligne continentale Meadow Creek d Canmore de partage des eaux : à l’ouest les cours d’eau se déversent dans l’océan Pacifique, alors que Radium ceux situés à l’est se jettent dans l’océan Arctique ou la baie d’Hudson. Une partie de la chaîne Hot Springs 93 Mount b Assiniboine 1 2 orientale principale est protégée par les parcs nationaux de Banff et de Jasper. Un dernier mou- Provincial Park Calgary vement tectonique fut à l’origine de la quatrième chaîne de montagnes, connue sous le nom de Les circuits « contreforts des Rocheuses ». Les contreforts sont protégés par le parc national des Lacs-Waterton. 95 On peut aisément constater aujourd’hui l’impact qu’ont eu ces soulèvements sur cet ancien socle a Le parc national Banff et la Bow ValleyKananaskis Parkway Les Rocheuses Country de roches sédimentaires. Il n’est pas rare, en effet, de contempler sur les versants des montagnes b Lake Louise et les environs de Banff Calgary les ondulations subies par la roche, que les géologues appellent tantôt « anticlinaux », lorsque le c La promenade des Glaciers et le parc national Jasper mouvement ondulatoire de la pierre prend la forme d’un A, tantôt « synclinaux », lorsque l’ondu- d Le parc national Kootenay et ses environs lation dessine la forme d’un U. e De Golden au parc national Yoho guidesulysse.com 6 L’aspect morphologique des montagnes Rocheuses ne pouvait en rester là. C’eût été sans compter sur l’immense force d’érosion due à l’agression constante du vent, de la pluie, de la neige, de la glace, du gel et du dégel. L’eau fut tout d’abord le facteur le plus important de transformation des assises rocheuses. Il suffit de penser que, chaque année, environ 7 500 km3 d’eau tombent sur la Terre, pour vous faire une idée de l’énorme potentiel d’énergie dégagé par les cours d’eau ainsi créés. L’eau peut, par sa simple force, éroder les roches les plus dures en agissant comme un véritable papier de verre. Les grains de sable arrachés à la pierre, et transportés dans les eaux des ruisseaux de montagne, raclent le fond de la roche; ils parviennent à en polir les parois, à s’infiltrer dans des failles pour patiemment les élargir, et à détacher ainsi des pans entiers de rochers, ou parfois à y creuser d’énormes trous, comme ceux que l’on peut admirer dans le canyon de la rivière Maligne et que l’on appelle poétiquement « les marmites de géants ». Lorsque la nature de la roche est plus friable, ou même soluble dans l’eau, comme dans le cas du calcaire, les pluies et la neige creuseront facilement de profonds sillons. Cette lente mais inexorable érosion a fini par modifier les contours primitifs des montagnes, et l’eau est parvenue à se frayer un chemin à travers les différentes couches rocheuses, creusant ainsi de profondes vallées encaissées en forme de V.
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