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Rocheuses Canadiennes Index Les numéros en gras renvoient aux cartes. Crowfoot Glacier (promenade des Glaciers) 40 A Aéroports Canadian Rockies International Airport (Cranbrook) 9 E Alberta 4 Edith Lake (environs de Jasper) 51 Angel Glacier (promenade des Glaciers) 42 Eighth Street (Canmore) 33 Annette Lake (environs de Jasper) 51 Emerald Lake (parc national Yoho) 60 Ashlar Ridge Viewpoint (environs de Jasper) 52 Athabasca Falls (promenade des Glaciers) 42 Athabasca Glacier (promenade des Glaciers) 40 F Aylmer Lookout (nord de Banff) 22 Fairmont Hot Springs 58 Field (parc national Yoho) 60 B Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (Banff) 19 G Banff Gondola (sud de Banff) 21 Glacier Skywalk (promenade des Glaciers) 42 Banff 13, 15 Glaciers 7 Banff Springs Hotel (Banff) 13 Goat Lick (promenade des Glaciers) 42 Banff Upper Hot Springs (sud de Banff) 21 Golden 55, 61 Bankhead Interpretive Trail (nord de Banff) 24 Grassi Falls (Kananaskis Valley) 37 Berg Lake Trail (Mount Robson Provincial Park) 54 Grassi Lakes (Kananaskis Valley) 37 Boundary Ranch (Kananaskis Valley) 38 Bow Lake (promenade des Glaciers) 40 Bow River Falls (Banff) 13 H Bow Summit (promenade des Glaciers) 40 Hamilton Falls (parc national Yoho) 60 Bow Valley Parkway (nord de Banff) 24 Hector Lake (promenade des Glaciers) 40 Buffalo Nations Luxton Museum (Banff) 14 Hoodoos Lookout (Banff) 16 Burgess Shale Geoscience Foundation (parc Hoodoos (parc national Yoho) 60 national Yoho) 61 Burgess Shale (parc national Yoho) 61 I C Icefields Parkway 40 Ink Pots (nord de Banff) 24 Canadian Rockies International Airport Invermere 58 (Cranbrook) 9 Canmore Museum and Geoscience Centre (Canmore) 33 J Canmore Nordic Centre Provincial Park (Canmore) 33 Jasper Planetarium (Jasper) 45 Canmore 32 Jasper 45, 47 Cascades Gardens (Banff) 14 Jasper SkyTram (parc national Jasper) 45 Castleguard Cave (promenade des Glaciers) 44 Jasper-Yellowhead Museum & Archives (Jasper) Castle Mountain (nord de Banff) 24 45 Cave and Basin, Lieu historique national Johnston Canyon (nord de Banff) 24 (Banff) 14 Chateau Lake Louise (Lake Louise) 28 Columbia Icefield Glacier Discovery Centre K (promenade des Glaciers) 40 Kananaskis Valley 37 Columbia Icefield (promenade des Glaciers) 40 Kananaskis Village (Kananaskis Valley) 38 http://www.guidesulysse.com/catalogue/FicheProduit.aspx?isbn=9782765840886 Kicking Horse Grizzly Bear Refuge (Golden) 61 Peyto, Bill 40 Kicking Horse Pedestrian Bridge (Golden) 61 Peyto Lake (promenade des Glaciers) 40 Kicking Horse River (parc national Yoho) 60 Plain of Six Glaciers Tea House (Lake Louise) 29 Kootenay Valley Viewpoint (parc national Promenade des Glaciers 40, 41 Kootenay) 56 Pyramid Lake (Jasper) 45 L R Lake Agnes (Lake Louise) 28 Radium Hot Springs 57 Lake Agnes Tea House (Lake Louise) 29 Rocheuses 4, 5 Lake Louise Gondola (Lake Louise) 28 Lake Louise 26, 27 Lake Minnewanka (nord de Banff) 22 S Lieu historique national du Musée-du-Parc- Samson Mall (Lake Louise) 28 Banff (Banff) 14 Smith-Dorrien/Spray Trail (Kananaskis Valley) 38 Lower Kananaskis Lake (Kananaskis Valley) 38 Spiral Tunnels (parc national Yoho) 60 Lussier Hot Springs 58 Spirit Island (environs de Jasper) 51 Stutfield Glacier (promenade des Glaciers) 42 Sunshine Meadows Interpretive Centre (sud de M Banff) 22 Maisons de thé (Lake Louise) 29 Sunshine Meadows (sud de Banff) 22 Maligne Canyon (environs de Jasper) 51 Sunwapta Falls (promenade des Glaciers) 42 Maligne Lake (environs de Jasper) 51 Surprise Corner (Banff) 16 Marble Canyon (parc national Kootenay) 56 Medicine Lake (environs de Jasper) 51 Miette Hot Springs (environs de Jasper) 52 T Moose Lake (Mount Robson Provincial Park) 54 Takakkaw Falls (parc national Yoho) 60 Moraine Lake (environs de Lake Louise) 28 Two Jack Lakes (nord de Banff) 24 Morant’s Curve (nord de Banff) 24 Mount Edith Cavell (promenade des Glaciers) 42 Mount Robson (Mount Robson U Provincial Park) 54 Upper Kananaskis Lake (Kananaskis Valley) 38 Mount Robson Provincial Park 47, 54 Mt. Norquay Ski Resort (nord de Banff) 24 V N Valley of the Ten Peaks (Lake Louise) 28 Natural Bridge (parc national Yoho) 60 Northern Lights Wolf Centre (Golden) 61 W Wapta Falls (parc national Yoho) 60 O Weeping Wall (promenade des Glaciers) 40 Wenkchemna Glacier (environs Ours 30 de Lake Louise) 28 Overlander Falls (Mount Robson Provincial Whiteswan Lake Provincial Park 58 Park) 54 Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies (Banff) 14 P Wildlife Interpretive Centre (Lake Louise) 28 Windermere Lake (Invermere) 58 Paint Pots (parc national Kootenay) 56 Parc national Banff 12, 13, 23 Parc national Jasper 44, 47 Y Parc national Kootenay 55, 56 Yellowhead Highway 54 Parc national Yoho 55, 59 Peter Lougheed Provincial Park (Kananaskis Valley) 38 http://www.guidesulysse.com/catalogue/FicheProduit.aspx?isbn=9782765840886.
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