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Kootenay NP

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Kootenay National Park streches for 96 kilometers along the Banff-Windermere highway, also known as the Kootenay Parkway. Kootenay sees little visitation compared with the other national parks of the Canadian rockies, yet Kootenay offers one of the most scenic drives in the area, second only to the famous Icefields Parkway, as well as a great diversity of natural features.

Kootenay National Park, together with neighbor parks (Banff, Jasper, Yoho) form a huge protected area of the Canadian Rockies that is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Wildflowers, peaks and Stanley Glacier, afternoon. Kootenay National Park, Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada ( color) Partly burned trees on hillside. Kootenay National Park, Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada ( color) Fireweed and fallen trunks. Kootenay National Park, Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada ( color) Wildflower carpet on forest floor in Tokkum Creek. Kootenay National Park, Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada ( color) Tokkum Creek at the entrance of narrows of Marble Canyon. Kootenay National Park, Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada ( color) Limestone walls carved by Tokkum Creek, Marble Canyon. Kootenay National Park, Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada ( color) Fallen trees in silt-colored Tokkum Creek. Kootenay National Park, Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada ( color) Fireweed close-up. Kootenay National Park, Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada ( color) Yellow and red mud ochre bed, sacred to First Nations. Kootenay National Park, Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada ( color) Ochre mineral pool called Paint Pot, used as a source of color by the First Nations. Kootenay National Park, Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada ( color) Paint Pot and fallen trunk. Kootenay National Park, Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada ( color) Refexions in the yellow waters of the Paint Pots. Kootenay National Park, Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada ( color) Suspension bridge spanning the Vermillion River. Kootenay National Park, Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada ( color) Daisies, fireweed, Mitchell Range and Kootenay Valley, late afternoon. Kootenay National Park, Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada ( color) Yellow wildflowers in meadow below Mitchell Range, sunset. Kootenay National Park, Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada ( color) Mitchell range, Kootenay River, and flowers, sunset. Kootenay National Park, Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada ( color) Yellow flowers, Kootenay River, and Mitchell Range, sunset. Kootenay National Park, Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada ( color) Kootenay River and Mitchell Range, sunset. Kootenay National Park, Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada ( color) Cabin and illuminated Christmas trees at night. Kootenay National Park, Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada ( color) Narrow gorge spanned by fallen trees, Marble Canyon. Kootenay National Park, Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada ( color) Natural bridge in Marble Canyon. Kootenay National Park, Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada ( color) Marble Canyon 36 meter deep narrow gorge. Kootenay National Park, Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada ( color) Marble Canyon and burned forest. Kootenay National Park, Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada ( color) Flower carpet near Marble Canyon. Kootenay National Park, Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada ( color) Wildflowers, Marble Canyon. Kootenay National Park, Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada ( color) Fireweed and burned tree trunk. Kootenay National Park, Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada ( color) Fireweed and fire-charred trunks, Tokkum Creek. Kootenay National Park, Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada ( color) Water flowing in Tokkum Creek. Kootenay National Park, Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada ( color) Boulders and fallen trees in silt-colored Tokkum Creek. Kootenay National Park, Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada ( color) Suspension bridge crossing the Vermillion River. Kootenay National Park, Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada ( color) Red and yellow colored clay ochre bed at the base of forested hill. Kootenay National Park, Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada ( color) Ochre bed and trees. Kootenay National Park, Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada ( color) Two of the Paint Pots with mineral-colored water. Kootenay National Park, Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada ( color) One of the ochre-colored Paint Pots, a warm mineral spring. Kootenay National Park, Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada ( color) Mineral pool known as Paint Pot, used by First Nations for coloring. Kootenay National Park, Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada ( color) Trees and branches, mineral pool stained yellow by iron oxide. Kootenay National Park, Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada ( color) Kootenay Parkway highway and mountains, afternoon. Kootenay National Park, Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada ( color) Wildflowers, mountains and Stanley Glacier, afternoon. Kootenay National Park, Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada ( color) Peak near Vermillion Pass. Kootenay National Park, Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada ( color) Stanley Glacier, afternoon. Kootenay National Park, Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada ( color) Peak, clouds, and shadows. Kootenay National Park, Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada ( color) Partly burned forest on hillside. Kootenay National Park, Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada ( color) Fireweed and burned tree trunks. Kootenay National Park, Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada ( color) Burned tree trunks. Kootenay National Park, Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada ( color) Burned trees and wildflowers. Kootenay National Park, Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada ( color) Daisies, fireweed, and Kootenay Valley, late afternoon. Kootenay National Park, Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada ( color) Kootenay Valley and Mitchell Range, from Kootenay Valley viewpoint, late afternoon. Kootenay National Park, Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada ( color) Meadow with wildflowers and Mitchell Range, sunset. Kootenay National Park, Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada ( color) Sunflowers, Kootenay River, and Mitchell Range, sunset. Kootenay National Park, Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada ( color) Lit Christmas trees, cabin, and forest at night. Kootenay National Park, Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada ( color)
All the 50 color pictures of Kootenay NP are on this page

Themes: Kootenay Mountains 

Places: British Columbia, Canada National Parks, Canadian Rockies, Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks