The Athabasca Glacier has retreated by around 1.5km since the 19th Century, and the rate of retreat has increased since 1980, after a slow down between 1950 and 1980. The glaciers around this area are fed by the 325 sq km Columbia Ice Field above.
The mountain scenery in the Canadian Rockies is hard to beat, just so vast, and Banff reminds me very much of Interlaken in Switzerland. The people are definitely different from east to west, Vancouver has more of a Sydney feel, and Calgary very country. At Calgary airport they had senior citizens dressed like cowboys and doing an Information / PR job (they were helpful with directions).
The wilderness areas north of Toronto have the rich change of colours in the Fall, and Crowe lake was so peaceful and relazed, I can see why people have cabins around the lake. The east side of Canada is quite flat compared to the mountains in the west.
Brock, The Boeing Tour is a must do, movement wise it was very quiet the day we were there, however there are some great locations for photography. I had tried to organise a tour on the production line floor, via a contact I have at Boeing who is one of the Chief Pilots, however he was rostered on that day, so we just did the excellent public tour. The Boeing employees seem incredibly proud of the work they do at Boeing.
There is so much to see in Canada, it would be very easy to go back again.
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