West 2019
Rivers and Mountains of British Columbia and Alberta

Photos from a six-day road trip from Vancouver to Calgary, through the wilds of the Fraser Canyon and across British Columbia to the Columbia and Rocky Mountains. Highlights along the way include Hell's Gate, the Last Spike, Emerald Lake, the Icefield Parkway, and the scenic resort towns of Lake Louise and Banff.
This trip focuses on the rugged beauty of southern BC and Alberta. An exploration of Vancouver, the western lower BC mainland, and Vancouver Island is presented on the British Columbia page.
The link to the Pictures File is below the Sample Images. A Map and a Table of Contents are provided below that.
Quick Start: West-2019.pdf
Sample Images
Here are a few sample images from the picture files. You can click or tap on these to see larger versions.
Link to Pictures File
You can access the PDF pictures file by clicking or tapping on the link below.
File | Pages | Size |
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West-2019.pdf | 114 | 26.3 MB |
Map
I flew to Vancouver and rented a car for travel with a friend who lives there. We headed east along the Trans-Canada Highway, up through the Fraser River Canyon, east across the Thompson River region, and into the mountain parks of eastern British Columbia and Alberta.
A package of printable maps is available if you wish paper copies to follow along. West 2019 Maps includes the route map shown below and a more detailed maps of the rivers and mountains areas.

Table of Contents
The Contents table from the pictures file is reproduced below. If you wish a paper copy to target your viewing, use West 2019 Printable Contents.
West-2019.pdf | |
Contents | 2 |
Introduction | 3 |
Route Map | 4 |
Vancouver | |
Vancouver | 5 |
Horseshoe Bay | 12 |
Heading Out | 15 |
Rivers | |
Rivers Map | 16 |
Fraser Canyon | 17 |
Hell's Gate | 19 |
Thompson River | 30 |
Kamloops Lake | 33 |
South Thompson | 34 |
Sicamous | 37 |
The Last Spike | 41 |
Revelstoke Dam | 43 |
Lumbering | 46 |
Mountains | |
Mountains Map | 48 |
Mt Revelstoke National Park | |
Meadows Parkway | 49 |
Boardwalks | 54 |
Glacier National Park | |
Rogers Pass | 58 |
Kicking Horse Bridge | 63 |
Yoho National Park | |
Natural Bridge | 67 |
Emerald Lake | 70 |
Yoho Visitor Centre | 72 |
Spiral Tunnels | 76 |
Banff National Park | |
Icefields Parkway | 82 |
Lake Louise | 95 |
Moraine Lake | 98 |
Bow Valley Parkway | 100 |
Lake Minnewanka | 105 |
Banff | 108 |
Return | 113 |
End | 114 |